, Lochhead kept abreast of recent developments in the field of biology. His writings on heredity, for instance, dealt with the rediscovery at the turn of the 20th century of Mendelian laws (of hybridization

Charlottetown and then studied law under Attorney General Robert Hodgson*. Admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island in

took up the study of law, Gabriel, like his father and grandfather, turned to the world of business and property. By the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763 both brothers were moving up in the New York

then went to England to attend Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge, which awarded him an llb in 1887. Upon his return to Winnipeg he read law with the firm

inquiry that he had purchased the discharges of several young soldiers and had supported a law student allegedly in return for anticipated sexual favours, although those who had accepted his financial aid

Catholic, she wedded Oland, an Anglican, in a shotgun ceremony in the Church of England. Their children would all be raised Catholics, according to the canon-law provision binding on members of the faith who

-Godfroi), lawyer, journalist, newspaper owner, politician, professor, and judge; b. 1 Feb. 1857 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada, son of Thomas-Philippe Pelletier, a merchant and

, Pemberton set the price of town lots at £10 each, suburban lots at £15, and country lands at £1 an acre with the minimum size being 20 acres. Land was also reserved for the governor, the clergy, a

was appointed secretary of the Queens County Liberal Association and read law with Louis Henry Davies. In

College (it would become a university in 1885), graduating in 1876 with a bachelor’s degree in civil law and earning the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal. He was called to the Quebec bar the following year. As

stepfather, John A. H. Rindress, a principal in Sydney Mines. At 16 he moved to Halifax to study law; he returned home to North Sydney to be articled to James H. Hearn between September

goods, collection of duties, clearance of export cargoes, and enforcement of imperial trade laws. One of his most troublesome administrative problems arose from poor customs facilities at Quebec. He

John McAlpine Cameron of Inverness-shire, Scotland, and Nancy Foy of Northumberland, England; m. 1 Dec. 1851 Charlotte Ross Wedd (d. 14 Jan. 1868) of Hamilton, Canada West, and they

sovereign council of New France: a study in Canadian constitutional history (Columbia University, Studies in history, economics and public law, LXV, no.1, New York, 1915). Adeline Daumard et François

. His marriage with Catherine Sevestre, on 19 Feb. 1658, did much to improve his circumstances. His father-in-law, Charles

& Co. credit ledger, Canada, 25: 142, 208B, 794 (mfm. at NA). HPL, Hamilton city records, RG 1, 24 July 1893, by-law no.680; Scrapbooks, A. W. Roy: 38, 66–67. Manitoba Cooperative

, Clark urged careful attention to the requirements of the law, and he never hesitated to point out errors in procedure and in evidence. He served as

merchant John Mure, who was a brother-in-law of William’s Glasgow uncle. Whatever his immediate family relations, William

. 1 May 1709 at Quebec, the second son of Joseph de Fleury* de La Gorgendière and Claire Jolliet; m

FORSYTH, JAMES BELL, merchant; b. 25 Dec. 1802 in Kingston, Upper Canada, son of Joseph Forsyth and Alicia Robins; d. 1