Badgley, ex-M.P.P., for Missisquoi,” Missisquoi County Hist. Soc., Report (St Johns [Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu], Qué.), 4 (1908–9): 47–49.

he left Halifax for his first Nova Scotia mission. At Cornwallis he found himself surrounded by “Whigs, independents, Anabaptists, new lights, and beltgurded Connecticut saints,” and his own

. Few details are available about Baker’s activities during the American revolution. In August 1775 he reported at Halifax that New England rebels had cleared a road from the Saint John River to the

peace to [his] troubled soul,” and received him “into the household of his saints.” The Methodist itinerants, always anxious to recruit men of ability

,” in From sail to steam: ships and shipbuilding in the regions of Quebec and Montreal, ed. V. A. Baker and Diana Dutton (Saint-Lambert, Que., 1982). John Richardson, “The John Richardson

British North American Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (Saint John, N.B.), 1 (1840–41), accompanied by a short biographical note on page 160. MCA

cash. From New Liverpool, where he also took up residence, and an office on Rue Saint-Pierre in Lower Town, Benson conducted a large shipping business

–64; 42/42, pp.129–34 (PAC transcripts). Ste Ann’s Parish (Mackinac Island, Mich.), Registre des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de Sainte-Anne de-Michillimakinak, 16 juill. 1786, 20

clothiers, who had probably not been paid for making his uniform, had the sheriff of Montreal seize land owned by him in the faubourg Saint-Laurent to be sold at public auction

some 20 prisoners, including d’Artaguiette, Vinsenne, Louis d’Ailleboust de Coulonge (the younger), Saint-Ange [Pierre Groston], Louis-Marie-Charles Dutisné, and the Jesuit Antoine Sénat, who had

Archives paroissiales de Saint-Norbert (Man.), Journal tenu par le Rév. Mons. N.-J. Ritchot, ptre. HBC Arch. A.6/27, 31 March 1848; A.6/37, 17 April 1862; A.12/45, 11 Aug., 11

(Montréal, 1935). W. F. Ganong, The history of Caraquet and Pokemouche, ed. S. B. Ganong (Saint John, N.B., 1948). David Lee, The Robins in Gaspé, 1766–1825 (Markham, Ont

they would not be forced to leave the country. Panic spread even to those who had put their trust in providence. Mother Catherine de Saint-Augustin

. entomologique du Québec, Annales (Sainte-Foy), 19 (1974): 18–27.

£500 to the Hôpital de Saint-Boniface and his support of a bill to incorporate the diocese of St Boniface which permitted it unlimited landholding were hurled against him. His response in part was

, the Reverend Joseph Abbott*, who arrived in 1818 to take up a post at St Andrews (Saint-André-Est, Que.) and two years later married

side room of Carruthers’s agency, quickly gained support, not only in western Canada but in the east as well. By 1895, with the timely take-over of the Dominion Safety Fund Life Association of Saint John

to Nova Scotia in 1860. Samuel attended the Saint John Grammar School and later King’s Collegiate School in Windsor, N.S., before going to work as his father’s purchasing agent. Between 1862 and 1870

: Maritime Baptists and their world, ed. R. S. Wilson (Saint John, N.B., 1988), 83–107.

Montreal General Hospital, he died at his new residence, Cornwall Terrace, on Rue Saint-Denis in Montreal. His son, George Carlo Vidua, followed in his footsteps and became a judge

disagreements with the Roman Catholic clergy. In 1822 he became a visitor of its school in Pointe-Lévi along with the parish priest of Saint-Joseph-de-Lévis (Lauzon), Michel Masse, but Masse resigned in 1823

. AO, RG 80-2-0-422, no.21634; RG 80-3-2-75, no.901112. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Geneal. Soc., International geneal. index. DCB, Biog. data file, Burris/Burriss family, notes by M

. R. V. Harris, The Church of Saint Paul in Halifax, Nova Scotia: 1749–1949 (Toronto, 1949), 135. Murdoch, Hist. of N.S., 3: 101. F. W. Vroom

governor of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, were smoother than those between Palliser and d’Angeac. Byron also turned his attention to the questions of customs and naval officers’ fees, the salmon fishery, and

France, governor of Montreal, governor general of New France, knight of the order of Saint-Louis; b. 12 Nov. 1648 at Thorigny-sur-Vire, province of Normandy; d. 26 May 1703 at Quebec

Brunswick’s north shore and had constructed a line to Saint John and Halifax. Cassils left Montreal Telegraph’s Quebec office in November 1866 and returned

take the oath. The Indians on the Saint John River also refused, and declared that they no longer sold their furs at Annapolis Royal because of the exorbitant prices of merchandise there

Canada’s first tradition in diplomacy was ended. He went to France, where he was made a knight of the order of Saint-Louis. Whether he ever returned to Canada is uncertain, although a letter written 9

available in Can., Parl., Sessional papers, 1877–85. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Geneal. Soc. (Salt Lake City, Utah

aux Noix and Fort St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) where he worked until 1785. He then returned to Quebec and the Surveyor General’s Office

., Report (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.), 3 (1908): 90–107 ; “The Missisquoi German or Dutch,” 2 (1907): 31–35 ; “The old Church Tavern,” 3: 45–46. Marion

claimants which were available at Saint-Domingue and on the Îles d’Amérique. Thanks no doubt to family influence, he entered the service of the Marine at Dunkirk as an “inspector,” at a date which cannot be

was attached to a corps of artificers under the control of the engineers. In this capacity, he worked on projects at St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and Montreal; he was last mustered with

French Basque vessels were in the harbour on 24 September. Next day he breakfasted with the admiral, Michel de Sancé of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, who offered help in catching fish to make up his lading. On

frontier and to participate in the conflict with the French. He strongly supported expeditions against the French garrison at Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point, N.Y.) and urged that New York send troops for

military settlements in Upper Canada at Perth (established in 1816), Richmond (1818), Lanark (1820), and the Bay of Quinte area and Glengarry County (1815), and in Lower Canada on the Rivière Saint-François

avant le parti (1904–1918) (Sainte-Foy, Qué., 1984). Canadian annual rev., 1912. Canadian men and women of the time (Morgan; 1912). G. R. Cook, “Church

Saint-Louis in Quebec. Little is known of Collins’ personal life. An active Freemason, he was Quebec provincial grand master from 1767 to 1785. His wife

trips, however, to Lac Saint-Jean. He admired the Indians’ faith and their even temper in the midst of famine and trials which they endured “without complaining.” At the request of Bishop Pontbriand

Saint-Paul, made over to him by his wife’s brothers and valued at 1,500 livres. On 16 Oct. 1721 Couagne was commissioned as a surveyor, but he does not seem to have practised this

Cowperthwaite served churches in Nova Scotia (Horton, 1867–70), New Brunswick (Fairville, 1870–73; Saint John, 1885–87), and Prince Edward Island (Tryon, 1873–76, 1888–89; Cornwall, 1876–79, 1882–84

anonymously “by an Irish-Canadian.” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Geneal. Soc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), International geneal. index. N.S

ill fitted for their positions. A family tradition holds that Crosskill disapproved of the prince’s companion, Mme de Saint-Laurent

. 1819. Royal American Gazette, and Weekly Intelligencer of the Island of Saint John (Charlottetown), 29 Sept. 1787. MacNutt, “Farming’s regime on P.E.I,” Acadiensis

), in 1758, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton sent Captain Silvanus Cobb* to Fort Cumberland to bring Danks’s rangers to the Saint John River for

Saint John. Appointed university librarian in 1896, Davidson followed the dictum that a library is the best university. His first innovation was to

Corporation, Dominion Coal Company (Glace Bay, N.S.), Human resources dept., employment records. NA, RG 31, C1, 1901, Springhill, N.S., dist.2: 14 (mfm. at NSARM). NSARM, Churches, All Saints

income permitting him to accept the heavy social, political, and military responsibilities that were assumed by his family. Denison represented Saint

Denys* de Saint-Simon; d. 1775 in England. The son of a ship’s captain, Théodose-Matthieu Denys de Vitré probably went to sea early. In 1746, a

(Saint John, N.B.), 4 (1845–46): 62–63. P.E.I. Museum, File information concerning the Des Brisay family, especially