money to his son-in-law, Lionel Augustus Ridout*, a hardware merchant in London (brother of George

died probably at Paspébiac in 1854, at the age of 42. After his death his brother-in-law, Daniel Carcaud, took over Le Boutillier Brothers; under his management the company continued to expand, and

. The Leneuf family went to settle at Trois-Rivières the same year it arrived. Michel secured title to substantial grants of land: among others the Dutort (later Bécancour) fief, 1 Dec. 1637; 50

LEWIN, JAMES DAVIES, office holder, businessman, and politician; b. 1 April 1812 in Womaston, Wales, son of Samuel

-law. Later in the year Lozeau’s apprentice, Jean-Charles Le Guettier, ran away after serving only half of his three-year term. An intendant’s ordinance was issued against any who might harbour

farm, but by 1839 he had joined John Scott, his neighbour and brother-in-law, in a brewery and ashery in the Brampton area. In 1859 he left the business and established himself as a real estate broker

parish of Notre-Dame in Alençon, diocese of Laix (France); interred 1 Nov. 1704 in Montreal. It is not impossible that Mallet came to Canada at

1790s. In 1794 he signed the petition in favour of maintaining English laws. Two years later, succeeding Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau

“educated at Harwood [Harvard?] College for a Physician.” When the American Revolutionary War broke out his father remained loyal to the crown and moved his family to New York City. On 1 May 1778

having 7 head of cattle and 30 acres under cultivation. On 14 May 1668 Messier and his brother-in-law Jacques Le Moyne de Sainte-Marie received conjointly the fief of Cap-de-la-Trinité

Moodyville in 1872. Moody was an enterprising, astute, and perhaps occasionally sharp trader; but he had a puritanical streak and a liking for law and order. Moodyville was a company town, and he ruled it and

’s New-York Weekly Chronicle (1 Jan.–16 April 1795), in partnership with William Hurtin Jr, and Youth’s News Paper (30 Sept.–4 Nov. 1797). The

become a freeholder and notary at Chambly. He was commissioned a barrister and attorney-at-law in 1768. Two years later, on 11 April, he was issued a trading licence to depart from Montreal for

, molasses, salt, and other foodstuffs for his wholesale and retail business in Liverpool. By 1857 he had joined with his brother-in-law to form Darrow and McClearn, General Commission Merchants and Ship

the National Film Board in 1977. NA, RG 15, DII, 1, vols.1479–82. PAM, MG 14, C92. Begg and Nursey, Ten years in Winnipeg

Nairne*’s widow. Thanks to good relations between his father-in-law and the seigneur, McLaren received a grant en censive of two pieces of land in the Port-au-Persil concession, a few miles

M’LEOD, DONALD, soldier and journalist; b. at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland, 1 Jan. 1779; d

entrusted management of the seigneuries to notaries or stewards. Her brothers-in-law Louis Bélair at Baie-Saint-Paul and Augustin Trudel at Rimouski also continued working for her as seigneurial agents

a restless life, and spent some of his time at Horton, Northamptonshire, with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Halifax. In 1745, during the rebellion of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, Osborn

supplies from Elizabeth’s brother-in-law, John Homer, a Boston merchant and shipowner. But the inhabitants of Barrington suffered many hardships in the early years and had little cash. Thinking of returning