List of Biographies

To learn more about the people mentioned in this essay, we invite you to explore the biographies in the following list of categories:

Agriculture

BABY, FRANÇOIS (1733-1820)
CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, GASPARD-JOSEPH (Joseph-Gaspard) (1721-97)
CUGNET, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH
DU CALVET, PIERRE
PÉCAUDY DE CONTRECŒUR, CLAUDE-PIERRE
TARIEU DE LA NAUDIÈRE, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS (Charles-François-Xavier)

Authors, Artists, and Artisans

GARNEAU, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER
KINGSFORD, WILLIAM
MASERES, FRANCIS

Office Holders – British Régime – Colonial administrators

BURTON, RALPH
CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
CRAMAHÉ, HECTOR THEOPHILUS (baptized Théophile-Hector de Cramahé)
GAGE, THOMAS
HALDIMAND, Sir FREDERICK (baptized François-Louis-Frédéric)
KINGSFORD, WILLIAM
LA CORNE, LUC DE, known as Chaptes (Chap, Chapt) de La Corne, La Corne Saint-Luc
LAWRENCE, CHARLES
MORGANN, MAURICE
MURRAY, JAMES
PÉCAUDY DE CONTRECŒUR, CLAUDE-PIERRE
PICOTÉ DE BELESTRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE
TARIEU DE LA NAUDIÈRE, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS (Charles-François-Xavier)

Office Holders – French Régime – Colonial administrators

CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, GASPARD-JOSEPH (Joseph-Gaspard) (1721-97)
CUGNET, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH
DU CALVET, PIERRE
LA CORNE, LUC DE, known as Chaptes (Chap, Chapt) de La Corne, La Corne Saint-Luc
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL DE CAVAGNIAL, PIERRE DE, Marquis de VAUDREUIL

Armed Forces – British

AMHERST, JEFFERY, 1st Baron AMHERST
BABY, FRANÇOIS (1733-1820)
BURTON, RALPH
CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER
CRAMAHÉ, HECTOR THEOPHILUS (baptized Théophile-Hector de Cramahé)
GAGE, THOMAS
HALDIMAND, Sir FREDERICK (baptized François-Louis-Frédéric)
LAWRENCE, CHARLES
MURRAY, JAMES

Armed Forces – French

CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, GASPARD-JOSEPH (Joseph-Gaspard) (1721-97)
LA CORNE, LUC DE, known as Chaptes (Chap, Chapt) de La Corne, La Corne Saint-Luc
PÉCAUDY DE CONTRECŒUR, CLAUDE-PIERRE
PICOTÉ DE BELESTRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE
RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL DE CAVAGNIAL, PIERRE DE, Marquis de VAUDREUIL
TARIEU DE LA NAUDIÈRE, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS (Charles-François-Xavier)

Business – British Régime

BABY, FRANÇOIS (1733-1820)
DU CALVET, PIERRE

Business – French Régime

LA CORNE, LUC DE, known as Chaptes (Chap, Chapt) de La Corne, La Corne Saint-Luc

Engineers and Surveyors

CHAUSSEGROS DE LÉRY, GASPARD-JOSEPH (Joseph-Gaspard) (1721-97)
KINGSFORD, WILLIAM

Aboriginal People

PONTIAC (Pontiak, Ponteack, Pontiague, Pondiac, Pondiak, Pondiag) (Obwandiyag)

Legal Professions

BABY, FRANÇOIS (1733-1820)
CRAMAHÉ, HECTOR THEOPHILUS (baptized Théophile-Hector de Cramahé)
CUGNET, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH
DU CALVET, PIERRE
GARNEAU, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER
HEY, WILLIAM
MASERES, FRANCIS

Relations between Europeans and Aboriginal People

JOHNSON, Sir WILLIAM

Religion – Catholic

BRIAND, JEAN-OLIVIER