limited choice of careers: medicine, law, or surveying. In September he began to train as a surveyor with Jean De Lisle*, who also practised as

parish of Balmaghie, Scotland, son of William Neilson and Isabel Brown; d. 1 Feb. 1848 in Cap-Rouge, Lower Canada. In 1791 John Neilson joined

Beasly; m. 20 Sept. 1849 in Montreal Sarah Kurczyn, daughter of a wealthy merchant, and they had six sons and six daughters, two of whom died in childhood; d. 1 July 1893 in Montreal

, Commentaries on the laws of England (4v., Oxford, 1765–69; repr. Chicago and London, 1979), 1: 104–5. [Richard Cartwright], Letters, from an American loyalist in Upper Canada, to his friend in England

), lawyer, militia officer, businessman, politician, judge, office holder, and jp; b. 1 Oct. 1787 in Carleton (Que.), fourth of eight children of Jean-Baptiste

1831, and John Hillyard was sent to Upper Canada College. He then began the study of law under Henry John Boulton*, a Family Compact Tory

Lawson*; m. 1 June 1911 Maude Erskine Parkin (14 Sept. 1880–1 Feb. 1963) in Goring, England, and they had three daughters and a son; d. 3 Feb. 1935 in Toronto and was

stripes around an honest and prudent government, that of Joly. The paper had a particular focus on the development of Trois-Rivières and on the political concerns of Pacaud’s brother-in-law Arthur

. Foster returned from the Yukon in the summer of 1900. He had saved much of his pay, and, having settled his debts, he asked Janie to marry him. They moved to Halifax, where his well-connected in-laws

Nugent*’s Colonial Farmer (Halifax), which he edited. Characteristically, as reported by a son-in-law, “he was always beforehand with work. Up to the time of his death, and for years

, all three prominent in the local community. McKee had succeeded his father as deputy superintendent of Indian affairs and was a member of the assembly for Kent. He was also the son-in-law of one of the

. Although he seems to have been drawn more to the law, he did not manage to make a choice. Returning to the college in September, he remained in a state of nervous tension, swinging rapidly from hyperactivity

brother-in-law, to ensure that the provincial government would “purchase several hundred copies.” Drapeau subsequently submitted the first part of the manuscript for the approval of the bishop of Ottawa

, of whom two died in infancy, and four sons, one of whom died in infancy; d. 1 March 1912 in Toronto. Edward Blake belonged to an intensely

me if he got the chance.” With the One Arrow people near starvation, in May 1895 Almighty Voice and his brother-in-law Flying Sound killed a

holdings and transactions can be found at the AO in the crown land papers (RG 1), including the township papers (C-IV) for Niagara Township; in the nominal listings of the land record index and the

were to be conducted. Passed into law on 17 May, the act came into effect on 1 Jan. 1872, and dealing with its consequences would be a principal preoccupation of the government over the next

WINTER, Sir JAMES SPEARMAN, lawyer, judge, and politician; b. 1 Jan. 1845 in Lamaline, Nfld, eldest son of James M

Drummond [Parker*] as convener of the National Council’s committee on laws for

appointed royal notary but does not seem to have taken up the office, which was entrusted on 28 June 1664 to Séverin Ameau. For the humble servant of the law of the small town this was a dazzling