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BOOK - La Grande Recrue de 1653, The Colonists Who Saved Montreal
By Roland J. Auger. Translated to English by Dianne J. Little
La Grande Recrue de 1653 provides details about the 150 men who were part of La Grand Recrue. Contains information about their contract for service, marriage, and children. Also background information about the situation in Montreal leading to recruitment of these colonists.
The book's most significant inclusions, from a genealogical point of view, are:
- The first 10 chapters concern the major characters in the history of the recruitement
- Biographies of the recuits who signed on to travel to Montreal to build and settle the city
- Documents the author found in the Canadian Archives (now Library and Archives Canada), one for each of the ancestors who had descendants still living in French Canada at the time of the fete
- An appendix with the first generation descendants that includes date of marriage and names of the children
342 pages
7 X 10"
Bibliography
Illustrations (13)
Index
Softcover - perfect bound
ISBN 1-58211-931-7
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