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GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854)
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LESCARBOT, MARC
BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
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BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
CHAUVIGNY, MARIE-MADELEINE DE (Gruel de La Peltrie)
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
PIERPOINT, RICHARD
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
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