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In Quebec in 1917, 32 different teaching orders operated 586 boarding schools for girls. At that time there was no public education for girls in Quebec beyond elementary school. The first hospital was founded in 1701. In 1936, the nuns of Quebec operated 150 institutions, with 30,000 beds to care for the long-term sick, the homeless, and ...
The origins of some of Kahnawake's European family names were first published by Father Forbes in 1899. [2] Below is detailed history of Kahnawake's most common surnames of European / North American origin. Beauvais: the first Beauvais was André Karhaton, who married Marie-Anne Kahenratas before 1743. He was a young man from the Beauvais ...
The first French child born in Quebec was Helene Desportes, in 1620, to Pierre Desportes and Francoise Langlois, whose father was a member of the Hundred Associates. [ 11 ] The population of Quebec City arrived at 100 in 1627, less than a dozen of whom were women. [ 12 ]
René Baucher dit Morency was the first to acquire the land on which Maison Drouin is located. He was born around 1646 in the parish of Saint-Martin de Montmorency parish in France. He was the brother of Guillaume Baucher dit Morency, who settled in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans in 1656 and is the ancestor of the Morency families of ...
Jean Guyon du Buisson (Bapt. September 18, 1592 – May 30, 1663) was the patriarch of one of the earliest families to settle on the North shore of New France's St. Lawrence River. Guyon made his living as a master mason and, according to Perche-born genealogist Madame Montagne, was regarded as having an excellent reputation as a mason. [ 2 ]
Giffard had first come to Quebec in 1621 and had in 1634 travelled with his family as part of a first contingent of immigrants to the Giffard's Beauport seigneurie. Giffard later worked closely with the two Juchereau brothers, Jean and Noël Juchereau , who immigrated to Canada, as well as their his half brother Pierre Juchereau, all from the ...
He was born in La Prairie and part of the first generation of the Robidoux family born in North America. Guillaume married Marie Françoise Guérin (1681–1757) on 11 June 1697 in Montreal. Marie was born on 25 Apr 1681 in Cernay-les-Reims, France to Sylvain Guerin and Marie Brazeau and came to Canada at an early age with her parents.
Île d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [il dɔʁleɑ̃]; English: Island of Orleans) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and a large percentage of French Canadians can trace ancestry ...