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GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
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CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
HOWE, JOSEPH
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD
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WILSON, EDWARD ARTHUR (Brother XII; The Brother, XII; Brother Twelve; Amiel de Valdes)
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
MOONEY, HELEN LETITIA (McCLUNG)
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
MURRAY, JAMES
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