Biographical
Dictionary
for
The Jesuit Missions
in
Acadia and New Francy: 1602 - 1654
Translation
from the French of the "Notices Biographiques" appearing
in the first 8 volumes of
Monumenta Novae Franciae
by
©Lucien Campeau, SJ
Volumes
I-III published by Archivum Romanum Societitis Jesu, Rome, and Les Presses
de l'Université Laval, Québec.
Volumes IV-VIII published by Archivum Romanum Societitis Jesu, Rome,
and Éditons Bellarmin, Montréal.
Translated
by William Lonc, S.J. and George Topp, S.J.
Special
Edition: 75th Anniversary of the Martyr's Shrine, Midland, Ontario
ISBN 0-9687053-4-0, Summer, 2001
Volume 1 of the series: Early Jesuit Missions in Canada
Published
by William Lonc, william.lonc@stmarys.ca
Distributed by Steve Catlin, Archivist at the Martyr's Shrine, Midland,
Ontario, catlin@pathcom.com
Autumn 2001
Biographical
Dictionary
Based on the following
Published volumes of the Monumenta Novae Franciae
MNF-1 Volume 1,
La Première Mission d'Acadie (1602-1616), 1967, Monumenta
Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Les Presses de l'Université Laval,
Québec.
MNF-2 Volume II, Etablissement à Québec (1616-1634),
1979, Monumenta Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Les Presses de l'Université
Laval, Québec.
MNF-3 Volume III, Fondation de la Mission Huronne (1635-1637),
1987, Monumenta Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Les Presses de l'Université
Laval, Québec.
MNF-4 Volume IV, Les grandes épreuves (1638-1640), 1989,
Institutum Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Editions Bellarmin, Montréal.
MNF-5 Volume V, La bonne nouvelle recue (1641-1643), 1990, Institutum
Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Editions Bellarmin, Montréal.
MNF-6 Volume VI, Recherche de la paix ( 1644-1646), 1992, Institutum
Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Editions Bellarmin, Montréal.
MNF-7 Volume VII, Le Témoignage du sang (1647-1650), 1994,
Institutum Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Editions Bellarmin, Montréal.
MNF-8 Volume VIII, Au bord de la ruine (1651-1656), 1996, Institutum
Hist. Soc. Iesu, Rome and Editions Bellarmin, Montréal.
Biographical
Dictionary
Translator's Preface
This Biographical
Dictionary is derived from the "Notices Biographiques" found
in the eight published volumes of Lucien Campeau's Monumenta Novae Franciae
[MNF]. As such, the Dictionary, therefore, contains the names of people
who in one way or another are associated with the Jesuit Mission efforts
in the early Seventeenth Century. Specifically, the period covered is
1602 to 1654, beginning with the mission at Port Royal in Acadia from
1611 to 1613 and ending with the post-Huronia period up to 1654. It
is hoped that this coverage will be of especial interest to readers
of events in the first half of the seventeenth century in New France,
especially those events associated with the Jesuit missions. Dates are
in the context of the Gregorian calendar unless otherwise indicated.
Translation of the
"Sketches" was begun by Fr. George Topp, S.J. and completed
by the undersigned. In general, the translation is fairly close to the
original French, with due regard for producing an easily readable English
version. Occasionally, a word or two were added to clarify a passage
-- these additions are usually put inside square brackets. The spelling
of names follows the original volumes, even for most places-names, such
as Trois-Rivières rather than Three Rivers; but Londres becomes
London. Personal names keep the same spelling as found in Campeau's
texts. There is some variability in these names; rather than attempt
any harmonization of spelling, we simply repeat the spelling as found
in the French texts. Names of tribes, however, are expressed by their
English equivalent, except that North American English usage seems to
favor Algonquin rather than Algonkin.
Acknowledgments:
Many thanks to the co-publishers of the original volumes of the Monumenta
Novae Franciae for permission to publish an English translation of the
"Notices Biographiques" found in those volumes. To Frs. William
Addley, S.J., former Provincial, and Jacques Monet, S.J. Director of
the Institute of Jesuit Studies, Toronto, for providing secretarial
help to Fr. Topp in the early stages of the project. To Mr. J. Hunter
of the Huronia Museum in Midland, Ontario for initially encouraging
Fr. Topp to undertake the translations. Finally, many thanks to Mr.
Robert Schultz of Mt. Uniacke, Nova Scotia, as well as to Françoise
and Gontran Trottier of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, for generously reading
and offering suggestions for the "sketches" pertaining to
Volume I of the Monumenta.
William Lonc, S.J.,
Emeritus Professor in Physics
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
Summer 2001
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