father-in-law’s estates. As late as 1720 the Nova Scotia Council rejected him as one of six deputies for the Annapolis region, “not proving that he was a freeholder of this province; only a transient

a stationery, bookselling, and publishing business there and in June 1834, with his brother-in-law John Charles Coade as a partner, he began a new weekly, the Times. During its 14 years

. 1751 in Sweden; d. 1 Feb. 1835 at Quebec. “Not having a single Farthing left,” James Green enlisted in the 62nd Foot in 1772. His abilities

moved to London in 1842 and learned the cigar-making trade with Moses Gompers. He then left for New York in the 1850s with his brothers-in-law Solomon Henry Hart and Henry Levy. England offered few

, shortly after returning to Canada, Harrington assisted John William Dawson, the principal of McGill College and later his father-in-law, in his research on Prince Edward Island. Together they studied the

secretary of a government organized primarily to pass the controversial school law bill of which King had been the architect. In his views on educational reform, Hatheway followed a consistent policy. As

company and the Montreal Provident and Savings Bank, fortune seemed to escape his grasp. In 1832, for example, he launched a company, in which he and his brother-in-law Isaac Valentine of Trois-Rivières

was staunch Church of Scotland and Tory. In 1843 Robert Grant taught Simon Holmes in the red schoolhouse at Springville, and by July 1849 Holmes was attending Pictou Academy. He went on to study law

was growing at this time. For example, there were disputes over whether English or New England law practices would be observed in the courts [see James

-Hyacinthe and a daughter to the Ursuline convent in Trois-Rivières. He also settled the large estate his father-in-law had left. By a proclamation of the Prince Regent, Hubert was entitled as a militia

the revolution in 1783 presented Jarvis with a dismal prospect. The death of his father on 1 Sept. 1780 was the beginning of a series of hardships that reached a climax with enforced evacuation to

was guaranteed to the bride and a sum of 5,000 livres was presented to the groom by his mother-in-law. Because of this marriage, there was some hesitation about naming Vaudreuil governor of New

baptized 21 Nov. 1858, son of Charles Kelloway and Jane —; m. 1 June 1882 Clara Jane Jeans (Janes) in Pool’s Island or Greenspond, Nfld, and they had two sons and two daughters

Township as an associate of Isaac Ogden. Kilborn sold several pieces of land but kept some good lots on which he settled with his brother-in-law Andrew Young in 1803. They carried out a number of large-scale

a doctor, Hubert-Joseph de Lacroix*. He studied law, probably in Montreal, and was called to the bar on 13 July 1801

man of his social rank; his library of more than 350 volumes on history, military theory, law, finance, philosophy, and Greek, English, and French literature included such British authors as David Hume

. . . July 8, 1838, occasioned by the death of the late Rev. John Barry . . . (Montreal, 1838); The laws of Wesleyan Methodism

Riel* and later his “brother-in-law” by marriage. Both he and his brother Ambroise-Dydime* were members of the provisional

MACKINTOSH, JAMES CROSSKILL, banker, stockbroker, and politician; b. 1 Feb. 1839 in Halifax, son of John Mackintosh and

Marchand inherited his estate. He married the following year and settled down with his wife at Beauchamps. Licensed as a notary on 20 Feb. 1855, Marchand opened an office at Saint-Jean, and on 1