include his elder brother Jean-Marie, nephew Barthélemy Joliette*, and sons Narcisse and Jacques-Eugène. Another son, Norbert, studied law

McKENNA, JAMES ANDREW JOSEPH, civil servant; b. 1 Jan. 1862 in Charlottetown, son of

to study law in Halifax with his elder brother John William Ritchie*, who would later serve as a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court

. William Meredith’s father, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, who studied some law, had been preceded to the Canadas by other members of this notable Anglo-Irish family. He settled on a bush farm in

blacksmith shop. His eldest son, Charles Dewey, was educated in Montreal and, after studying law for five years under Samuel Gale*, was

MURDOCH, BEAMISH, writer, lawyer, and politician; b. to Andrew Murdoch and Elizabeth Beamish at Halifax, N.S., 1

construction of his sentences.” He is said to have been able to grasp instantly how the law applied in particularly complex cases. His talent was recognized by his peers, who elected him bâtonnier of

child of William Bell and Mary Black; m. first 1 May 1832 Christian Dalziel; m. secondly 21

(Toronto, 1878) and several items in the RSC Trans.: “On the law of facility of error in the sum of ‘n’ independent quantities, each accurate to the nearest degree,” 1st ser., 1 (1882–83), sect

doctorates he received in theology, canon law, and philosophy, Abbé Chandonnet continued to collaborate with Bishop Baillargeon, the agent and procurator of the Canadian bishops in Rome, in attempts to

Quebec’s business circles, though not dominant, was constant through most of the 19th century. Martin’s son, Joseph-Martin, entered business in January 1815 with a future brother-in-law, Alexandre-Augustin

operating under the name of Stewart and Coy, merchants. In some of his business activities he worked in partnership with his son Asa and with his son-in-law Thomas B. Smith. Amasa and Asa were among the

Montréal, which he had joined in 1890, he occupied increasingly important offices as councillor (1892–95, 1897), vice-president (1898–99), and president (1900–1). He headed its delegation to the Congress of

. Graham’s business association with his brother-in-law Graham Fraser* may have begun in 1881, when he became secretary of the newly established Nova

was admitted to the gunners of Île Royale as a cadet under his brother-in-law Philippe-Joseph

Constitution of the Clergy – termed by him an “iniquitous law” – he refused to do so and with another Spiritan priest, Jean-Baptiste Allain

surgeon. Morris continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh where he received his md on 1 Aug. 1825. He visited hospitals in London and Paris at this time

. The brothers formally resumed business together as J. and O. McClary on 1 Jan. 1852, and moved to expand. They added a foundry to make stoves, which would become their mainstay, and hired

–40. “The sheriffs of Assiniboia, paper II,” Western Law Times (Winnipeg), 2 (1891): 1–10, 181–86.

articled as a law student and was authorized on 1 Oct. 1799 to practise as an advocate, barrister, attorney, and solicitor. Two years later he was appointed secretary of a committee created to