=Bourgeoys, Marguerite= (1620-1700). Born at Troyes, in Champagne. Entered the convent of the Congregation of Notre Dame at the age of twenty, and while there decided to devote her life to the colony of New France. Arrived in Quebec in September, 1653, and went on immediately to the new settlement of Montreal. In 1657 opened the first school, in a stable granted her by Maisonneuve. In the same year built a wooden chapel in Montreal. Founded the Congrégation do Notre Dame de Montreal in 1659, and in 1686 built the convent. In 1675, with funds obtained from France built the church of Bonsecours. =Index=: =L= Establishes school at Ville Marie (Montreal), 9; her services to the sick on board the _St. André_, 32; her labours in instruction of the young, 91; her educational work, 126; Abbé Verreau on influence exerted by, 127; founds Bonsecours Chapel, 177. =F= Establishes Congrégation de Notre Dame, 29, 39; impressed on arrival by poverty of country, 39. =Bib.=: Ransonet, _Vie de la Soeur Bourgeoys_; Faillon, _Vie de la Soeur Bourgeoys_; Parkman, _Jesuits in North America_ and _Old Régime_; Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old Régime_. =Bourget, Ignace= (1799-1885). Born at Point Lévis, Quebec. Ordained in 1822; vicar-general of Montreal, 1836; coadjutor bishop of the diocese, 1837; bishop of Montreal, 1840, and created the first cathedral chapter of that city. Founded several religious orders, colleges, and asylums, among others, in 1864, the institution for the deaf and dumb, Montreal. In 1862 created a Roman count and assistant at the Pontifical Throne. In 1876 archbishop of Martianopolis, _in partibus_. =Index=: =C= His character, 80; dispute with Cartier, 80-83; calls on Cartier, 84. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Bourinot, Sir John George= (1837-1902). Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Educated at Trinity University, Toronto. Chief official reporter to the Nova Scotia Assembly, 1861-1867, and in 1880 appointed chief clerk of the Dominion House of Commons. For many years honorary secretary of the Royal Society of Canada. =Index=: =BL= On Baldwin's University Bill, 293; on Tory opposition to Rebellion Losses Bill, 313, =Bib.=; Works: _Canada under British Rule_; _Federal Government in Canada_; _How Canada is Governed_; _Manual of Constitutional History of Canada_; _Parliamentary Procedure and Government in Canada_; _Canada_; _Builders of Nova Scotia_. For biog., _see_ Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._