A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=de Tremaudan, A. H.=, Barrister (Winnipeg, Man.), was born at St.
Chrysostome, Quebec, July 14, 1874. His parents are living at
Montmartre, Sask.; father was a captain in the Franco-Prussian war,
1870, and is a direct descendant of Sire Beaumanoir, by whom he was
related to LaFayette, the great French soldier, famous in American
history. Mr. de Tremaudan was educated at the Clerical College of
Guérande, France, and at Rennes University, France, from which he
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Letters. He is a gentleman of
fine literary attainments, and has made a special study of all matters
pertaining to the early history of Western Canada, and the Hudson Bay
route. He founded and edited for two years (Dec., 1911, to Dec., 1913)
“The Herald,” published at The Pas, Manitoba, and is chief editor of “La
Libre Parole,” a French Weekly, published at Winnipeg. Mr. de Tremaudan
is the author of numerous magazine articles, and brochures, which have
been favorably received, among which may be noted “The Hudson Bay
Route,” “Pourquoi Nous Parlons Français,” “Les precurseurs.” A number of
addresses are in press under the title of “Le Sang Français.” A
forthcoming work is entitled “The Riel Legend.” On Feb. 18, 1901, Mr. de
Tremaudan married Madeleine, daughter of the late C. H. Bastien, a
stained-glass decorative artist, who painted some of the priceless
windows in the world-famous Cathedral of Rheims, France. His children,
three sons and two daughters, are: Jean (1903), Alain (1905), Gilles
(1909), Andree (1906), and Renee (1910). Mr. de Tremaudan is a Roman
Catholic in religion and a member of “Le Canada” Club of Winnipeg. He is
a Liberal in politics, has travelled extensively, and is widely read and
well informed on all questions of National importance; a man of mature
judgment and ripe experience.
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