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
=Habitants.= The peasants of Quebec. =Index=: =Dr= More independent than
peasantry of France, 12; raised to dignity of jurymen, 40; their
objection to juries, 68. =WM= Superior to peasantry of France, 23. =C=
Home life and hospitality, 118-119. =Bib.=: Greenough, _Canadian
Folk-Life_; Fréchette, _Christmas in French Canada_; Morgan and Burpee,
_Canadian Life in Town and Country_; Fiske, _New France and New
England_; Lambert, _Travels in Canada_.
=Habitation de Québec.= The first building in Quebec. Erected by
Champlain, 1608. Stood about where the church of Notre Dame des
Victoires stands to-day. An illustration of the _Habitation_ is in
Champlain's _Voyages_. _See also_ Chateau St. Louis. =Index=: =Ch=
Constructed by Champlain, 41; description of, 44. =Bib.=: Champlain,
_Voyages_; Douglas, _Old France in the New World_.
=Hagarty, Sir John Hawkins= (1816-1900). Born in Dublin. Educated at
Trinity College there. Came to Canada, 1834. Studied law, and called to
the bar of Upper Canada, 1840. Appointed puisne judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, 1856; transferred to the Court of Queen's Bench, 1862;
appointed chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1868;
chief-justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1878; chief-justice of
Ontario, 1884. Served as administrator of the province, 1882. Retired
from the bench, 1897. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can. Men_.
=Hagerman, Christopher Alexander= (1792-1847). Born in Adolphustown,
Ontario. Educated at Kingston; studied law and called to the bar of
Upper Canada, 1815. Served during the War of 1812-1814 with the militia,
being for a time aide-de-camp to the governor-general. Collector of
customs at Kingston, and member of the Executive Council, 1815. Elected
a member of the Assembly, 1819. Appointed temporarily judge of the
King's Bench, 1828; solicitor-general, 1829. Removed from office by the
colonial secretary on the representations of William Lyon Mackenzie;
subsequently restored. Appointed attorney-general, 1837; puisne judge of
the Court of Queen's Bench, 1840. =Index=: =Mc= Solicitor-general,
accuses Mackenzie of libel, 208; dismissed from office, 232; goes to
England, 233; restored to office, 234; threatens House with vengeance of
troops, 298. =Sy= Attorney-general, opposes union of provinces, 207,
208; made judge, 252. =BL= Brands Mackenzie as "a reptile unworthy of
the notice of any gentleman," 15; removed from office of
solicitor-general, 15; restored, 16; succeeded in 1840 by Draper, 77.
=Bib.=: Kingsford, _History of Canada_; Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_
and _Last Forty Years_; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Halard, Jacques.= =Ch= Brings out stores for De Caën, 136.
=Haldemans of Pennsylvania.= =Hd= Cousins of Sir Frederick Haldimand,
87, 343.
=Haldimand, Antoine François.= =Hd= Nephew of Sir Frederick Haldimand,
settled in England, 72, 88, 105; goes bail for his uncle, 311; very
successful in business. 311; his intimate relations with his uncle,
312, 332, 338, 341, 342.
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