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First page of the Saint-Gervais church baptismal register for 1865.. The parish and civil registers in Paris are documents containing records that officially establish the lineage of individuals born, baptized, married, divorced, deceased, or buried in Paris, within its administratively variable boundaries over time.
Dominique Grenier (born 1928) was a local politician in Shawinigan, Quebec.He was the 17th mayor of Shawinigan, Quebec from 1970 to 1986. [1]He was born in Shawinigan on September 13, 1928, [2] married Liette Lafrenière (1932-2019) in 1958 [3] and is the father of three children.
In 2009 the government of Mauritius instigated the independent Truth and Justice Commission (TJC) to explore the impact of slavery and indentured servitude in Mauritius.It also investigated the dispossession of land and made recommendations for the welfare of descendants of slaves and indentured labourers. [7]
In 1904, following repeated requests from citizens living in the west of Saint-Maurice who were too far from the village and the church, a new city, Saint-Louis, was created and detached from the territory of Saint- Maurice. Saint-Louis will be renamed Saint-Louis-de-France in 1969 and will finally be annexed to Trois-Rivières in 2002.
Saint-Maurice-des-Lions (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis de ljɔ̃]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population. Historical ...
Isle de France (Modern French: Île de France, pronounced [il də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ) was a French colony in the Indian Ocean from 1715 to 1810, comprising the island now known as Mauritius and its dependent territories. It was governed by the French East India Company and formed part of the French colonial empire.
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [lez‿il də la madlɛn]) is a municipality located in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, in Quebec, Canada. [4] It is located on the islands of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 250 km (160 mi) from Gaspé, 120 km (75 mi) from Prince Edward Island, 90 km (56 mi) from Cape Breton Island, and 150 km (93 mi) from ...
Dr Maurice Curé was the first activist to advocate the need to observe the First of May as Labour Day in Mauritius. On 1 May 1938 he organised a rally at the Champ de Mars which was attended by 35,000 workers.