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BESSETTE, ALFRED, named Brother André
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit “l’Écossais” or “Maître Abraham”)
BUADE, LOUIS DE, Comte de FRONTENAC et de PALLUAU
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
MANCE, JEANNE
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
CHANDLER, EDWARD BARRON
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
KING, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE
JOHNSON, Sir JOHN
THOMSON, THOMAS JOHN
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)
ARCHIBALD, Sir ADAMS GEORGE
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM
MACDONALD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER
CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
CYR, LOUIS
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New Biographies and Minor Corrections
New Biography LEMIEUX, Sir FRANÇOIS-XAVIER (baptized François-Xavier-Ferdinand)
Minor Correction RANDIN (Raudin, Rendin, Renden), HUGUES
New Biography O’LEARY, RICHARD
Minor Correction SAVONNIÈRES DE LA TROCHE, MARIE DE, dite Marie de Saint-Joseph (Marie de Saint-Bernard)
New Biography SIROIS, MARIE (baptized Marie-Louise-Justine-Atala) (Boivin)
Minor Correction HARRINGTON, BERNARD JAMES
New Biography KNIGHT, CHARLES PETER
Minor Correction POPE, Sir JOSEPH
New Biography GAUTHIER, GEORGES (baptized Louis-Antoine-Alexandre)