Irish Catholic Churches of Rural Quebec
Arthabaska – Compton - Frontenac – Mégantic – Wolfe Counties
The churches
Buckinghamshire - A vast territory created in 1763 which extended from the Seigneury of St. Giles (Lotbinière County today) in the east to the Richelieu Valley in the west, south to the US border and north to the various seigneuries located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River from Sorel on the Richelieu to Lévis across from Québec City. Some of the earliest church records of the pioneer families from Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Ireland might indicate the name of Buckinghamshire as their place of residence. By 1791, the territory of Buckinghamshire no longer existed; it was replaced in part by the county of Buckingham. In 1829, the latter was subdivided into the 6 counties of Sherbrooke, Mégantic, Lotbinière, Drummond, Nicolet and Yamaska. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1825/Pages/districts.aspx - b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Lower_Canada https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf
Arthabaska County Arthabaska is a deformation of an Abenaki word Ayabaskaw. In 1792, the county was part of Buckinghamshire, which extended to the US border to the south, the Richelieu River to the west, the various seigneuries established along the St. Lawrence from Sorel to Lévis to the north and the Chaudière River to the east. In 1829 Drummond County was created from this vast domain and in 1855 Arthabaska County was created. It was served by Catholic Missionaries from 1840 to 1848 in the townships of Blandford, Maddington, Aston, Bulstrode, Somerset, Stanford, Arthabaska and Warwick. The civil registers from 1840 to 1844 can be found among those of the parish of Saint Louis de Blandford and the records covering 1845 to 1847 are among those of the parish of Saint Norbert (Norbertville) https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/presbyterian-churches-quebec-city-to- sherbrooke-3.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf https://www.revolvy.com/page/Arthabaska-Regional-County-Municipality http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_arthabaska.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_lerable.html
Blandford - Saint Louis-de-Blandford – Organized in 1848, a few Irish families among parish registers http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/805.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_louis_de_blandford.html
Stanfold - Saint Eusèbe-de-Stanfold – Organized in 1848, a town now referred to as Saint- Eusèbe-de-Princeville in which one can find Irish families within its parish registers. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/781.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_princeville.html
Norbertville - Saint Norbert of Arthabaska – First organized in 1845, church opened in 1850. A few Irish families among parish registers from 1850 onward http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/776.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_norbert_darthabaska.html
Tingwick (Tenwick) – Lorne – Church of the Epiphany of Tingwick - The town was also referred to as Tenwick in pioneer days. Organized in 1852, church no longer exists under that name, it was renamed Saint Patrick of Tingwick in 1856, which was an Irish parish https://www.google.com/search?q=Saint- Patrice+de+Tingwick+Photo&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=joEK0unXsHTc8M%253A%252C C1SgB7Qx2YjH6M%252C_&usg=AI4_- kQsu5VqguOvBYp62r0Sa8QzwsL0Bg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj03-LDs83fAhXLs1kKHRu-B- oQ9QEwAXoECAQQBg - imgrc=joEK0unXsHTc8M: http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/822.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_tingwick.html
Chesterville - Saint Paul-de-Chester – Organized in 1850, among parish registers, one can find Irish families from about 1850 onward. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/755.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_chesterville.html
Victoriaville – Saint Christopher of Arthabaska (Saint-Christophe) - Organized in 1845, Irish families can be found among the parish registers from about above date. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/824.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_victoriaville_saint_christophe.html
Princeville – Saint Eusèbe - Organized in 1848, a few years later the Irish had arrived - see; above under Stanfold http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/781.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_princeville.html
Tinwick – Saint Patrick - Organized in 1856 – The church of the Irish in the county - see Tingwick- Lorne above http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/822.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_tingwick.html
Warwick Township - Saint Albert-de-Warwick - Organized in 1876, Irish were present in the parish from about the same time period http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/782.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_albert.html
Arthabaska - Saint Christopher (Saint-Christophe) - Organized in 1852, five years prior to the arrival of the Irish - see Victoriaville a few line above for details https://www.tourismeregionvictoriaville.com/vacances-forfaits/membres/quoi-faire/patrimoine--- circuits/eglise-saint-christophe-darthabaska.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Christophe-d%27Arthabaska https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Christophe-d%27Arthabaska http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/824.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_victoriaville_saint_christophe.html
Warwick Township – Saint Médard-de-Warwick - Organized in 1857, a year prior to the arrival of the Irish http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/835.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_warwick.html
Bulstrode – Saint Valère de Bulstrode - Organized in 1861, from about the same year Irish families were present in the village. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/819.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_valere.html
East Chester – Saint Helena of Chester (Sainte-Helène-de-Chester) - Organized in 1860, in 1869 the Irish had arrived http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/802.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_helene_de_chester.html
Warwick Township – Sainte Elizabeth de Warwick - Organized in 1872. Irish were present from 1880 onward http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/793.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_elizabeth_de_warwick.html
Tingwick - Saint Rémi - Organized in 1881. Irish families worshipped in this church from about the same period of time. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/813.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_remi_de_tingwick.html
Daveluyville – Sainte-Anne du Sault - Organized in 1888 – A few Irish families resided in the community http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/756.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_daveluyville.html
Horton - Sainte Clothilde-de-Horton - Organized in 1864, only in 1927 was an Irish marriage blessed in this chapel http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/970.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_clothilde_de_horton.html
Compton County In the aftermath of the American Revolution, English colonists spread further north along the Connecticut River from regions to the south. As early as 1792, a number of American Loyalists had settled into the area and establish villages such as; Huntingville (1814), Milby (early 1790’s), Compton Village (1874), Coaticook (1830), St-Hermenégilde (1830’s), East Hereford (1818), Sawyerville (1793) and Eaton Corner (1824). The first Catholic Church in the county was organized in 1855 https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/presbyterian-churches-quebec-city-to- sherbrooke-3.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/compton-transition.pdf http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_coaticook.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_les_sources.html
Compton – Saint Thomas of Aquinas (Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin) - Organized in 1855, the same year the Irish arrived http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1593.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_compton.html
St. Hermenegilde - Saint Herménégilde - Organized in 1856, within a few years, a limited number of Irish families were present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1660.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_hermenegilde.html
Clifton – Sainte Edwidge - Organized in 1865, from about 1873 a few Irish families were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1651.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_edwidge_de_clifton.html
Cookshire-Eaton – Saint Camille de Cookshire - Organized in 1867, the following year in 1868, among the parish registers, one can find Irish families http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1594.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_cookshire_eaton_saint_camille.html
Auckland - Saint Malo-d'Auckland - Organized in 1883 - About the same time Irish families arrived in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1663.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_malo.html
Emberton - Chartierville - Saint John Baptist (Décollation de Saint-Jean-Baptiste) - Organized in 1878, in 1883 a few Irish families were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1589.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_chartierville.html
East Angus – Saint Louis - Organized in 1888, about the same time period the Irish were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1600.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_east_angus_saint_louis_de_france.html
Scotstown – Saint Paul - Organized in 1888, the Irish were present in the region at the same time period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotstown,_Quebec http://histoire-du-quebec.ca/scotstown http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1668.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_scotstown.html
Sawyerville - Notre Dame - Organized in 1893, about the same time period, Irish families were present in the region. http://www.unitepastoralestfrancois.ca/paroisse/notre-dame-du-rosaire-sawyerville/ https://www.easterntownships.org/towns-and-villages/69/sawyerville http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1667.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_cookshire_eaton_notre_dame_du_rosaire.html
Martinville - Saint Martin - Organized in 1904, two years later the Irish were present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1626.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_martin.html
East Hereford - Saint Henry of East Hereford (Saint-Henri) - Organized in 1907, from about 1908 the Irish were present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1601.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_east_hereford.html
Waterville - Assumption of Waterville (Assomption) - Organized in 1906 - From about the same time period, Irish families were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1696.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_waterville.html
Bury - Saint Raphaêl of Bury - Organized in 1868, only from 1908 were Irish families present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1588.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_bury.html
Lingwick - Gould - Saint Margaret of Lingwick (Sainte-Marguerite de Lingwick) - Organized in 1908, from 1914 onward Irish families were present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1615.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_lingwick.html
Johnville - Notre Dame of Peace (Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix) - Organized in 1919, from about the same time period Irish families were present http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1608.html
Frontenac County in 1848, Father Bernard O’Reilly published a series of articles that described the lack of Irish Catholic Missions throughout the Eastern Townships and regions east and north of the region. These articles were reproduced in various newspapers in cities such as Montréal, Québec and Trois Rivières. Father O’Reilly’s petition was most likely the overture required to launch the establishment of Irish Catholic Missions in the Eastern Townships. The first such mission was established in 1848 in Roxton Falls. https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/presbyterian-churches-quebec-city-to- sherbrooke-3.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_le_granit.html
Lambton – Saint Vital-de-Lambton - Organized in 1848, a region with a limited Irish presence http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/891.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_lambton.html
Forsyth – Saint Évariste-de-Forsyth - Organized in 1855, the Irish presence was limited. The town Is now referred to as La Guadeloupe http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/980.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_evariste_de_forsyth.html
Winslow – Saint Romain-de-Winslow - Organized in 1865, about 13 years later the Irish were present http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1665.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1666.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_romain.html
Lake Mégantic – Sainte Agnès-du-Lac-Mégantic - This church was described at one point as being the church of the Irish in Frontenac county http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/947.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_lac_megantic_sainte_agnes.html
Piopolis - South Marston - Saint Zénon-de-Piopolis - Organized in 1872, a few years later, about 1883 the Irish arrived http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1634.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_piopolis.html
Gayhurst - Saint Samuel-de-Gayhurst - Organized in 1884, the town is now referred to as Lac- Drolet - A fair number of Irish families resided in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/885.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_lac_drolet.html
Adstock - Frontenac - Saint Méthode-de-Frontenac - Organized in 1889, a few Irish families resided within the parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1032.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_adstock_saint_methode.html
Whitton - Sainte Cécile-de-Whitton - Organized in 1889, a few years later the Irish were present http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1647.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_cecile_de_whitton.html
Marston - Val Racine - Saint Léon-de-Marston - Organized in 1892, a few years later the Irish arrived http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1625.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1695.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_val_racine.html
St. Ludger – Saint Ludger-de-Frontenac - Organized in 1896, a few years later, Irish families were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1025.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_ludger.html
Woburn – Saint Augustin-de-Woburn - Organized in 1898, a few years after, Irish families were present in the region http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1700.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_augustin_de_woburn.html
Spaulding – Saint Hubert-de-Spaulding-et-Ditchfield - Organized in 1902. a few years later the Irish were present - The town is now referred to as Audet. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1575.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_audet.html
Courcelles - Sainte Martine-de-Courcelles - Organized in 1903, a few years later the Irish were present. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/868.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_courcelles.html
Stornoway - Winslow South - Saint Alphonse-de-Winslow-Sud - Organized in 1908, shortly after a few Irish families resided in this region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1692.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_stornoway.html
Dorset - Saint Hilaire-de-Dorset - Organized in 1913, a few years later Irish families were present in the region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1005.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_hilaire_de_dorset.html
Ditchfield – Spaulding – Saint Hubert de Spaulding & Ditchfield - see under Spaulding. Audet today. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1575.html
Springhill - Nantes - Notre Dame-du-Bon-Conseil de Springhill - Organized in 1922. An Irish and Scottish town. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1628.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_notre_dame_du_bon_conseil.html
Milan - Gisla – Saint Ambroise-de-Milan, Organized in 1940, a mission field of Paroisse Saint- Joseph-des-Monts. A Scottish-Irish township when first settled. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1627.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_notre_dame_des_bois.html
Chesham - Notre Dame-des-Bois - Organized in 1877, only in the 1940's did the Irish worship in this parish, http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1631.html
Bellarmin – Saint Robert de Bellarmin - Organized in 1944. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1050.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_robert_bellarmin.html
Vianney – Saint Jean Vianney - Organized in 1940, from about 1945, Irish families resided in the region. Bernierville today http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1014.html
Marsboro - Marston – Saint René-Goupil – Organized in 1947 - Irish families worshipped at this church in the 1940’s. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1049.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_rene.html
Megantic County In the 1847-1855 time-frame, both Mégantic and Lotbinière experienced a substantial influx of Irish immigrants. In 1831, the population of Mégantic County totaled 2200 individuals, 85% Protestants, 9% Irish Catholics, 6% French Catholics. Unfortunately, some of the regions of Mégantic and Lotbinière were not ideal for farming, the soil was poor and rocky, many of the farms were settled on hilly fields, definitely not a suitable solution for modern farming practices, which resulted in a migration within two generations to more fertile and larger farms in Southern Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas and others. https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/presbyterian-churches-quebec-city-to- sherbrooke-3.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf https://ogs.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/custom/canadian_genealogist/CG3-2.PDF http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_lerable.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_les_appalaches.html
Leeds – Saint Jacques - The birth place of the Irish community in Mégantic from about 1829 - In 1855, the parish of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds was organized. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1010.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_jacques_de_leeds.html
Somerset - Plessisville - Saint Calixte-de-Somerset - Organized in 1845, five years later a few Irish families had settled the parish – The town became Plessisville at a later date. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/915.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_plessisville_saint_calixte.html
Halifax - Inverness Townships – Saint Ferdinand - Organized in 1847, the Irish were present in the parish in 1852. The town is now referred to within various archives as St-Ferdinand-d'Halifax. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/981.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_ferdinand_saint_ferdinand.html
Halifax – Sainte Sophie d'Halifax - Organized in 1855, the Irish presence from the beginning of this parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1058.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_sophie_dhalifax.html
Somerset - Laurierville - Sainte Julie de Somerset - Organized in 1854, a few Irish families were present in 1866. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/894.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_laurierville.html
Inverness – Saint Athanase - Organized in 1855, the Irish were present in 1867 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/882.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_inverness.html
Ireland – Saint Adrian of Ireland (St-Adrien-d'Irlande) - Parish organized in 1879 - The town was renamed Richardville and a number of parish registers are listed as Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande. The town was established by Irish Protestants at a much earlier date, a few Irish Catholic families resided in the town in the 1880’s http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/944.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_adrien_dirlande.html
Lyster - Nelson – Sainte Anastasie - Organized in 1869, in 1889 Irish families resided in the parish, most likely earlier. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/907.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_lyster.html
Black Lake - Saint Désiré – Organized in 1890 and located about 2 miles from Thetford Mines, see the latter for Irish marriages. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/852.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_thetford_mines_saint_desire.html
Coleraine – Saint Joseph - Organized in 1917 - No known Irish marriages recorded, most likely Irish baptisms were performed in the parish. http://www.coleraine.qc.ca/indexFr.asp?numero=15 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/867.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_joseph_de_coleraine.html
Thetford Mines – Saint Alphonse - Organized in 1886, an Irish presence began in 1895 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1074.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_thetford_mines_saint_alphonse.html
Wolfe County In 1763 the region was known as Buckinghamshire. In 1829 the counties of Sherbrooke, Mégantic, Drummond, Lotbinière, Nicolet, Yamaska were organized. In 1854, Wolfe county was created from a portion of Drummond and Sherbrooke counties. In 1854, within the confines of Wolfe County, the following townships were created: Wolfestown - Dudswell - Ham North - Ham South - Weedon - Garthby - Wotton - Stratford. https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/presbyterian-churches-quebec-city-to- sherbrooke-3.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/british-irish-scottish-loyalist-american- german-scandinavian-dutch-in-quebec2.pdf http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_les_sources.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_mrc_le_haut_saint_francois.html
Wotton – Saint Hippolyte de Wottonville - Organized in 1850, five years later Irish families were residing in the town. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1701.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_wotton.html
Wolfestown – Saint-Julian (Saint Julien) - Organized in 1864, Irish families resided in the town from the 1860's onward. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1662.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_julien.html
Garthby – Beaulac – Saint Charles - Organized in 1878 - Could not find an Irish marriage in the town, most likely Irish baptisms were performed within this parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1580.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_beaulac_garthby.html
Dudswell – Saint Adolphe - Organized in 1887 - Could not find Irish marriages in this village, the Irish were most likely present within the village but were married and baptized in another parish of the region. https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dudswell_saint_adolphe.html
Wolfe Township - Saint Camille - Organized in 1838, only about 1891 did I find the Irish worshipping in this church. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1645.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_camille.html
Ham North – Saint Angels (Saints Anges) - Organized in 1865, the church would welcome a few Irish families from 1896 onward. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1607.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_ham_nord.html
Ham South – Saint Joseph - Organized in 1880 - From 1901 the Irish worshipped in this parish. https://www.ham-sud.ca/ https://www.ham-sud.ca/decouvrir/historique http://www.patrimoine- culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=117973&type=bien - .XCzIH1xKjIU https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_ham_sud.html
Lellis - Saint Camille - Organized in 1880, the region was first settled by Anglo Protestants, in 1902 among the parish registers, a few Irish families were recorded. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1645.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_camille_de_lellis.html
Weedon – Saint Janvier - Organized in 1863, only 50 years later in 1912 was an Irish marriage celebrated in the parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1697.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_weedon_saint_janvier.html
Marbleton - Saint Adolphe of Dudswell in Marbleton - Organized in 1887. From 1915 onward a few Irish families resided in this parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1865.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dudswell_saint_adolphe.html
Pennafort-Weedon - Fountainebleau – Saint Raymond de Pennafort – Organized in 1913, a small community, only a few Irish families. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1605.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_weedon_saint_raymond_de_pennafort.html
Disraeli – Sainte Luce - Organized in 1884, in 1916 a few Irish families had arrived. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1597.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_disraeli.html
Bishopton - Saint Clement - Organized in 1922 – An Irish destination for a few families in the early 1920’s. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1584.html
Wolfestown – Saint Fortunat-de-Wolfestown - Organized in 1871, a few Irish families resided in this parish in the 1920’s. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1655.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_fortunat.html
Wolfestown - Stenson - Saint James (Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur) - Organized in 1905, only as of 1937 did the Irish worship in this parish. http://www.st-jacques-le-majeur-de-wolfestown.ca/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown http://nadeauphotosolution.ca/st_jacques_le_majeur_de_wolfestown/360.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_jacques_le_majeur_de_wolfestown.html
Garthby - Beaulac – Saint Olivier-de-Garthby-Beaulac - Organized in 1876 as Saint Olivier parish, closed in 1899 - A few Irish families resided in the region. Parish has been renamed; Saint- Charles-de-Borromée. https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_beaulac_garthby.html
St-Gérard de Wolfe – Saint Gérard Majella - Organized in 1905, a few Irish marriages within this parish, most likely many more baptisms. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/799.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_gerard_majella.html
Stratford – Saint Gabriel-de-Stratford - Organized in 1857 - A few Irish families worshipped in this parish. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1693.html https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_stratford.html
The Cemeteries Arthabaska County – 48 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=3
Compton County – 75 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=16
Frontenac County - 61 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=20
Mégantic County – 46 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=38
Wolfe County – 41 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=70
Arthabaska - Modern-day region – 56 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=4
Beauce-Sartigan – Modern-day region – 36 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=5
Chaudière-Appalaches – Modern-day region – 44 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=33
Coaticook – Modern-day region – 86 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=95
L’Érable – Modern-day region – 28 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=32
Le Granit – Modern-day region – 44 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=96
Le Haut-St-François – Modern-day region – 60 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=73
The Authors
A. W. Patrick Buchanan A.C. Buchanan – Emigration Agent Quebec City – 1800s Annual Report on Emigration for 1850” First Report from the Select Committee on Emigration of 1826. http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56
John Donahue Growing up Irish in Rural Quebec The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jul., 1997), pp. 67-74 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25513072?seq=1 - page_scan_tab_contents
Robert John Grace The Irish in Quebec: An Introduction to the Historiography, Followed by An Annotated Bibliography on the Irish in Quebec Cette thèse porte sur l'immigration et l'etablissement des Irlandais dans la ville de Québec au milieu du XIXe siècle. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0016/NQ39355.pdf http://gail25.tripod.com/que3.htm
J.I. Little Journal of Eastern Townships Studies revue d’études des cantons de l’est no 28 spring / printemps 2006 book reviews / comptes rendus Borderland Religion. The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792–1852 by J.I. Little. / Recensé par Guy Laperrière http://www.etrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JETS_28_Spring_2006.pdf https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/viewFile/40265/36450 D. Aidan McQuillan Beaurivage: The Development of an Irish Ethnic Identity in Rural Quebec: 1820-1860 http://gail25.tripod.com/que4.htm http://gail25.tripod.com/que.htm Gladys Mullins English-Speaking Priests who Evangelized The Eastern Townships http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1939-40/Mullins.html
Marianna O’Gallagher The Irish in Quebec Eyewitness: Grosse Isle, 1847 Paperback – 1995 Grosse Île: Gateway to Canada, 1832-1937 Paperback – 1984 http://gail25.tripod.com/que2.htm https://www.amazon.ca/Eyewitness-Grosse-Isle-Marianna-OGallagher/dp/096908059X https://www.amazon.com/Grosse-I%CC%82le-Gateway-Canada-1832- 1937/dp/0969080530/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0969080530&pd_rd_r=112 c4b55-0d9e-11e9-8d13- d5ed4d8cec35&pd_rd_w=eoQfn&pd_rd_wg=xIEWH&pf_rd_p=18bb0b78-4200-49b9-ac91- f141d61a1780&pf_rd_r=4G2NGJ6GKXV86FBWTRSB&psc=1&refRID=4G2NGJ6GKXV86FBW TRSB
Gwen Rawlings https://ogs.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/custom/canadian_genealogist/CG3-2.PDF
Jody Robinson http://www.etrc.ca/jodys-blog/
T.J. Walsh http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1939-40/Walsh.html
Repositories
BAnQ Québec – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/index.html?language_id=1 Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault Campus de l'Université Laval 1055, avenue du Séminaire Québec (Québec) G1V 5C8 Phone: 418 643-8904 or 1 800 363-9028, option 4 then option 2 Fax: 418 646-4254 Email: Textual archives: [email protected] Iconographic, audiovisual, cartographic and architectural archives: [email protected]
BAnQ Sherbrooke – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ca_estrie.html 225, rue Frontenac, bureau 401 Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 1K1 Téléphone : 819 820-3010 ou 1 800 363-9028, option 4 puis option 6 Fax : 819 820-3146 Email : [email protected]
LAC – Library Archives Canada – Land Petitions of Lower Canada – 1764-1841 http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764-1841/Pages/land- petitions-lower-canada.aspx - a https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764- 1841/Pages/land-petitions-lower-canada-volumes.aspx https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764- 1841/Pages/land-petitions-lower-canada.aspx
ETRC – Eastern Townships Resource Centre http://www.etrc.ca/journal/ http://www.etrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JETS_28_Spring_2006.pdf
Irish Heritage Quebec http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/genealogy/ http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/
Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61062 https://c.mfcreative.com/media/dam/acom/PDF/Content/quebec-notarial-us.pdf
FamilySearch.org https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1471015
Genealogy Quebec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/
Find my Past https://www.findmypast.com/
Quebec Family History Society https://qfhs.ca/
Researched and compiled by Jacques Gagné [email protected] 2019-01-02