1 Compiled by Jacques Gagné 2014 2 The Irish Catholics of Lower Canada and Québec Their churches A special note of thanks to the experts who have guided me since 2007 in the compilation process this research guide - Without their contribution and wise guidance, the following would not exist. Joan Benoit, Sharon Callaghan, Pennie Redmile, Cecilia Karwowski, Patricia Balkcom, Kelley O'Rourke, Claire Lindell, Gary Schroder plus staff members at the Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal Compiled and researched by: Jacques Gagné [email protected] 2014 Repositories in Québec: Bibliothèque Archives nationales du Québec - BAnQ - www.banq.qc.ca Genéalogie Québec -Drouin-Pépin - www.genealogiequebec.com Ancestry.ca - Ancestry.ca - www.ancestry.ca Quebec Family History Society - QFHS - www.qfhs.ca Exceptional Irish genealogical web sites of Québec Frampton Irish by Dennis McLane - http://www.framptonirish.com/frampton/About_Us.cfm Genealogies of Valcartier by Patricia Balkcom - www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Research%20Guides%20Template.htm Exceptional Irish genealogical books at the QFHS library Irish Needles by Dennis MCLane - Vol. 1, 2, 3 - The history and genealogy of Irish immigrant families that settled in Frampton Township in the early 19th Century Grosse Ile - Gateway to Canada 1832-1937 by Marianna O'Gallagher - The tragic history of the Cholera Epidemic which affected many of the Irish immigrants who came to Canada from 1832 to 1847 3 Table of Contents Quebec Church Records - see; ................................................................................................................................ 6 Montréal ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Québec City .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Grosse Île .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 North Shore of the St. Lawrence ..................................................................................................................... 29 Portneuf County ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 Québec County ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Beauport Region ............................................................................................................................................. 34 South Shore of the St. Lawrence River ............................................................................................................ 35 Bellechasse County ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 Dorchester County ............................................................................................................................................................ 38 Lotbinière County ............................................................................................................................................................. 41 Beauce County .................................................................................................................................................................. 45 Mégantic County ............................................................................................................................................................... 47 Frontenac County ............................................................................................................................................................. 52 Central Region ................................................................................................................................................ 56 Arthabaska County ........................................................................................................................................................... 56 Drummond County ........................................................................................................................................................... 59 Bagot County .................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Yamaska County................................................................................................................................................................ 64 Compton County ............................................................................................................................................................... 65 Sherbrooke County ........................................................................................................................................................... 68 Stanstead County .............................................................................................................................................................. 69 4 Richmond County ............................................................................................................................................................. 72 Shefford County ................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Brome County ................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Missisquoi County ............................................................................................................................................................. 78 Region South of Montréal ................................................................................................................................ 80 Huntingdon County ........................................................................................................................................................... 80 Chateauguay County ......................................................................................................................................................... 82 Beauharnois County .......................................................................................................................................................... 84 Richelieu Valley ................................................................................................................................................................. 85 South Shore of Montréal.................................................................................................................................. 89 Lower Laurentian - Eastern Region ................................................................................................................. 92 Trois Rivières (Three Rivers) ............................................................................................................................................. 95 Lower Laurentian – Western Region ............................................................................................................... 97 Lake of Two Mountains County ........................................................................................................................................ 97 Upper Laurentian – Western Region ............................................................................................................... 97 Argenteuil County ............................................................................................................................................................. 97 Western Quebec ............................................................................................................................................. 99 Papineau County ............................................................................................................................................................. 100 Gatineau County ............................................................................................................................................................. 102 Pontiac County ................................................................................................................................................................ 106 Abitibi - Temiscaming Region ........................................................................................................................ 110 St. Lawrence’s North Shore ........................................................................................................................... 111 Lower North Shore.......................................................................................................................................................... 111 Upper North Shore ......................................................................................................................................................... 113 5 Gaspé Peninsula ..........................................................................................................................................