The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Daly, Sir Dominick= (1798-1868). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada, 1825;
provincial secretary for Lower Canada, 1827-1840; provincial secretary
of Canada, 1841-1848. Left Canada, and appointed by the Imperial
government lieutenant-governor of Tobago, 1851-1854. Afterwards
lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island, 1854-1859; and governor of
South Australia, 1861-1868. =Index=: =Sy= Provincial secretary for Lower
Canada, 283. =BL= Provincial secretary for Lower Canada, 1841, 76; his
character, 78; Baldwin's confidence in, 79; retains office under La
Fontaine-Baldwin government, 134; remains in office when rest of Cabinet
resign, 213; defends Metcalfe, 214; sole adviser, 216; provincial
secretary, 247; proposal to throw him overboard, 263. =E= Remains sole
adviser of Lord Metcalfe, 35. =Md= Constitutes an administration of one,
19. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Taylor, _Brit.
Am._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Davin, _The Irishman in Canada_.
=Daly, John Corry Wilson= (1796-1878). Born in Liverpool, England. For
some time an assistant surgeon in the navy. Emigrated to the United
States, and removed to Hamilton, 1826. Appointed surgeon to the Canada
Company, 1827, and settled at Stratford, 1829. Succeeded John Galt as
agent of the Canada Company, 1831, and took up his residence at Guelph.
In the next year returned to Stratford, where he resided until his
death. For many years agent of the Bank of Upper Canada at Stratford.
=Daly, Malachy Bowes= (1836- ). Son of Sir Dominick Daly; born in
Quebec. Educated at St. Mary's College, Oscott, England; studied law and
called to the bar of Nova Scotia, 1864. Private secretary to various
governors of Nova Scotia. Sat in House of Commons for Halifax,
1878-1887; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1890-1900. =Bib.=:
Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Damours, Mathieu.= =F= Member of Sovereign Council, 106; arrested by
Frontenac, 139. =L= Member of Sovereign Council, 158, 166; imprisoned,
167.
=Daniel, André.= Eldest son of Antoine Daniel, of Dieppe, and brother of
Charles. Died in 1637. =Index=: =Ch= Sent to London (1629) to demand
restoration of New France, 212-213.
=Daniel, Antoine= (1600-1648). Son of Antoine Daniel, of Dieppe. Entered
the Society of Jesus; came to Canada in 1633; and in 1634 accompanied
Brébeuf to the Huron country, where they laid the beginnings of that
ill-fated mission. In 1636 came to Quebec to open the Seminary, which,
from very modest beginnings, has since developed into Laval University.
Returned to the Huron mission, and in 1648 murdered by the Iroquois.
=Index=: =L= Wounded while ministering to the dying, 5. =Ch= Murdered by
the Iroquois, 92; missionary in Cape Breton, 1633, 237. =Bib.=: Parkman,
_Jesuits in North America_.
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