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DESJARDINS, ALPHONSE (1854-1920)
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MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
CARTIER, JACQUES (1491-1557)
WOLFE, JAMES
MARCHAND, JOSÉPHINE (Dandurand)
SWAN, ANNA HAINING
KIROUAC, CONRAD (baptisé Joseph-Cyrille-Conrad), dit frère Marie-Victorin
DRAKE, sir FRANCIS
AUBERT DE GASPÉ, PHILIPPE-JOSEPH
FRÉCHETTE, LOUIS
LABELLE, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER-ANTOINE
CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE, PAUL DE
CHARLEVOIX, PIERRE-FRANÇOIS-XAVIER DE
BUIES, ARTHUR
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
GUYART, MARIE, dite de l’Incarnation (Martin)
COOK, JAMES
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