FÉZERET, RENÉ, gunsmith; b. c. 1642, son of Claude Fézeret, master locksmith, and of Suzanne Guillebaut, of
; son of Michel Gamelain, a wine merchant, and Françoise Bellanger; d. c. 1676.
The first mention made of him goes back to 1661, the year of
ANQ-M, Greffe de J.-B. Adhémar, 16 mars 1724; Greffe de L.-C. Danré de Blanzy, 31 oct. 1740, 22 août 1745, 14 juin 1748; Registre d’état civil, Notre
GASCHET, RENÉ, surgeon, seigneurial notary, seigneurial judge; b. c. 1665 in France, son of Pierre Gaschet and
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C. Ian Kyer
Sir Albert Edward Gooderham’s letter to J. J. R. Macleod, Frederick Banting, and Charles Best
GOWAN, ROBERT, banker, journalist, and civil servant; b. in Scotland, c. 1800; d. 30 Jan. 1879
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Frederick Jones
USPG, C/CAN/NFL, 7; D, 9A, 9B. William Grey, “The ecclesiology of Newfoundland,” Ecclesiologist (London
, gendarme of the king’s household, coureur de bois, explorer, founder of western posts, captain in the colonial regular troops; b. c. 1639 at Saint-Germain-Laval; d. in Montreal
donations, Fort de Chartres. Archives of the Missouri Hist. Soc. (St Louis), Fort de Chartres, records of the church of Sainte-Anne. AN, Col., B, 43, f.124; 66, f.365; C13A, 21, f.181; 25, f
GUILLET DE CHAUMONT, NICOLAS-AUGUSTE, soldier, royal notary; b. c. 1695 in Paris
GUYART DE FLEURY, JEAN-BAPTISTE, soldier, court officer, royal notary; b. c. 1719 at
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HANDASYD (Handasyde), THOMAS, b. c. 1645; commander of the English forces at St John’s, 1697–98; governor of
HARDING, FRANCIS PYM, army officer and administrator; b. c. 1821 in England; d. at the Grove, Lymington
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chief emigrant agent for Upper Canada from about 1835, exercised authority over other agents in Canada West, and, in turn, was subordinate to A. C