Charles-Emile Gadbois

Father Charles-Emile Gadbois
1906 - 1981

Father Charles-Emile Gadbois was a publisher, composer born in St-Barnabe-Sud, near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec on 1 June 1906 and died in Montreal 24 May 1981.

He studied piano with Telesphore Urbain ( organist at St-Hyacinthe Cathederal),

violin with Maurice Onderet, and harp with Juliette Drouin.

After his orination as a priest in 1930 Father Gadbois began teaching, and for five years was the director of the band at the St-Hyacinthe Seminary.

In 1937, influenced by the Congres de la langue francaise held in Quebec City, Gadbois established La Bonne Chanson to assemble and publish the best French and French-Canadian songs. A tireless promoter of 'la bonne chanson,' he organized festivals, contests, and congresses, including those at the Montreal Forum in 1942 and the Quebec Coliseum in 1943 and in Lewiston, Maine in 1944.

La Bonne Chanson is a publishing company dedicated to the dissemination of French and French-Canadian songs of quality. It was founded in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec after the 1937 French Language Congress in Quebec City, which emphasized the value of song as a vehicle for the preservation of culture and language.

Father Charles-Emile Gadbois, the company's founder began publishing the words and music of songs of France and Quebec in albums. Eleven albums (550 songs) were published in this manner. La Bonne Chanson also prepared the series Madeleine et Pierre for young people and adapted several programs of solfege and singing for the schools: La Bonne Chanson a l'ecole, a collection of 50 sacred and secular songs for Christmas; Chants pour le temps des Fetes; and finally Cent plus belles chansons. A collection entitled Vingt choeurs a voix egales, enjoyed considerable success, as did books of accompaniments for many songs.

In 1939, for the Bluebird label of RCA Victor, Father Gadbois produced some 50 78's for the record series issued under the name La Bonne Chason. Performers for the series included Francois Brunet, P.-E. Corbeil, Jeanne Desjardins, Jules Jacob, Marthe Letourneau, the Alouette Vocal Quartet, the Bonne Chanson Vocal Quartet, David Rochette, and Albert Viau.

The radio program 'Le quart d'heure de la Bonne Chanson,' on CBC and CKAC in Montreal 1939 - 1952, contributed to the popularity of the heritage of song. 

Les Amis de la Bonne Chanson founded in 1942, also assisted in the promotion and distribution of the published songs.

He composed some 60 songs and wrote about 20 folk song arrangements. In collaboration with Conrad Letendre, he launched Musique et Musiciens, a review which appreared monthly 1952 - 54. He received the golden cross of St-Jean-de-Latran in May 1943 for his dedication to 'la bonne chasson'.

His papers are held at the St-Hyacinthe Seminary. The Foundation Abbe-Charles-Emile-Gadbois, established to 'perpetuate his heartfelt wish to instill a love of song in all levels of society,' awarded its first scholarships in 1988.

Finding out Father Charles-Emile Gadbois is my 1st cousin twice removed is attributed to a cousin I met through Wiki Tree that shared a photograph of Father Gadbois with me. We knew he was related to the Gadbois' of St. Hyacinthe but we didn't know how, a little sleuthing has turned up a heartwarming history of a kind and generous man who we are both very proud to call our cousin.

  

The Coves of Sillery

The Coves of Sillery

During the mid to late 1800's many of the Irish lived and worked on the timber coves along the waterfront of the St. Lawrence river near Quebec City as stevedores, ship laborers, riggers, timber towers, cullers, and booms men.

Some of the coves names were O'Brien's Cove, New London Cove, Union Cove, Dobel's Cove, Sillery Cove, Bower's Cove, Point pizeau Cove, St. Michaels Cove, Woodfield Cove, Harbor Cove, Spencer Cove, and Wolfe's Cove where my maternal great-grandfather, George Burns, worked as a stevedore for John Roche.

Lumber barons were to name a few, Sheppard, Gibb, Gilmour, Price, Sharples, Dobell, Burstall, and Roche.

Managers were, Fitzpatrick, McInenly, Nolan, Bogue, Timmony, O'Connell, Bowen and many more.

Spencer's Cove, between Wolfe's and Woodfields Cove had 75 houses and work for 100 men. 1852 census states 62% Irish 34% French.

Woodfields Cove had work for 100 men. 1852 census states 56% Irish 39% French.

St. Michael's Cove has a good number of hands in the summer, generally speaking there are few homes, thinly inhabited but comfortable. 1852 census states 94% Irish 4% French.

McInenly Hill Cove aka Sillery Hill boasts the same numbers.

Wolfe's Cove of 810 souls, 625 were Irish.

Many of the workers may have belonged to the Quebec Ship Laborers Benevolent Society established in 1852.

Houses in Sillery - 1863

Quebec City, where the Irish dominated the work on the timber wharves.

Quebec City Disastrous Rock Slide Sept 1889

Quebec, Sept. 20. -- 

The work of excavating at the scene of the landslide is still going on.

Among those who are missing and who are supposed to be beneath the ruins are MR. and MRS. CHARLES ALLAN, MRS. STEVENS, MRS. HENRY, RICHARD MAYBURY and wife, MRS. R. LAWSON, R. KEMP and family, MICHAEL B. LEAHY, and a number of children. The loss sustained by the surviving victims of the disaster is very great. Some of the workingmen who are deprived of their homes lost all their furniture and other effects, even their Summer earnings, and many are left virtually penniless at the commencement of a Canadian Winter. 

WILLIAM POWERS, wife, and child were saved by the men of B Battery, who, aided by a detachment of the cavalry school, effected quite a number of rescues.

The list of those killed and wounded, as far as known, is as follows:

Killed. -- THOMAS FARRELL and three FARRELL children; two children named BURKE; one child named BRADLEY; child of P. FITZGERALD; MRS. BRACKEN; MRS. STEPHEN BURKE; HENRY BLACK; WILLIAM BLACK; THOMAS NOLAN; MRS. READY.

Wounded. -- MR. and MRS. CARLSON; J. O'NEILL; MRS. LUKE KERWIN and child; THOMAS BERRIGAN; JAMES HAYDEN; WILLIAM STEVENS and son; NELLIE DEEHRY; PATRICK FITZGERALD; MARTIN READY; three children named MAYBURY; STEPHEN BURKE and his mother; MRS. FITZGERALD; THOMAS GRAHAM; WILLIAM POWERS, wife and child; MRS. THOMAS FARRELL; DENNIS BERRIGAN.

The members of the BLACK family were buried alive twelve feet below the surface of the debris. On being asked if they were safe MRS. BLACK answered: "My husband is killed at the door. The rest are safe, but we are suffering from wounds and bruises on our limbs." 

Shortly after MISS MAY CAULDWELL, a niece of MR. BLACK, was extricated from MR. BLACK'S house. Her limbs were so stiff from inaction that the least touch on them caused excruciating pains. The next person brought out was THOMAS BERRIGAN, whose wife was taken out of the ruins dead. He was so disfigured that his friends could hardly recognize him. He was removed to the Hotel Dieu Hospital, muttering a prayer of thanks for his miraculous escape. 
The next to follow was an eight-year-old boy, also named BERRIGAN. His left leg was crushed to a jelly. Then came MRS. BLACK. Her bosom, neck, and face were dreadfully swollen.

The scene of the disaster is being visited by thousands, who block up the narrow street and make it a difficult task for any one to move in any direction. There being but one narrow street between the rock and the river, there is a complete stoppage of traffic, except by climbing over the debris. The shipping office in the Dominion Government building has been turned into a temporary morgue, and over twenty bodies are lying in it. It is difficult to identify some of the bodies, so much have they been disfigured and crushed. A complete list of the injured cannot be made up as yet, as they were removed to different hospitals and to friends' houses as soon as they were taken from the ruins.

It is feared that a large part of the rock adjoining the site of the slide will come down, as large crevices have appeared and the rain is still falling, and may repeat the operations which caused last night's disaster. The people are moving out of the threatened houses. There has been no lack of volunteers for work at the mines, but there is a lack of intelligent directions, as there is no person in authority. Citizens are sending in money to relieve any immediate distress among the homeless women and children.

The site of the rockslide is almost identical with that of the one which occurred in 1841, when eight buildings were crushed and thirty-two persons were killed. The houses destroyed last night all stood on the other side of the roadway and were not thought to be in any danger, but the immense mass of rock swept clear across the roadway and over the brick buildings, demolishing them as if they were made of cardboard.
The mass of earth and rock moved is, roughly speaking, about 600 feet frontage by 80 feet in depth. Some of the masses of fallen rock must weigh nearly twenty tons, and there are so many huge blocks that it makes the work of clearance very difficult.

In addition to the list of killed given the bodies of RICHARD LEAHY, MRS. READY, and MISS LANE have been recovered from the ruins.
Preparations are being made for the funerals of the killed, who will be buried at the joint expense of citizens and the local Government.
Among those buried by the rocks are a young couple named NOLAN, who were married a few weeks ago. NOLAN could have escaped, but he lost his life in trying to get his wife out of the house.

It is thought that the King's bastion on the citadel will have to be removed, as it is now near the edge of the rock, with unsafe crevices in front of it. As a precautionary measure all communication with the bastion has been cut off and the morning and evening guns will no longer be fired from it.
About twenty thousand persons have visited the scene of the disaster during the day. It has been decided to use small charges of powder to break up the huge boulders covering the roadway, as it is certain there can be nothing living beneath them.

The horrors of this dreadful day are still succeeding each other. While the workers were busy clearing away the debris of the crumbled buildings, faint groans were heard at intervals from under huge piles of rocks. The efforts of the volunteers were concentrated to that point, and after three hours' hard work the bleeding body of JOE KEMP was extricated from the mass of rock. The poor man is in a most pitiable condition. Both legs are broken at the knees, the left arm is fractured above the elbow, and several ribs are fractured. He cannot live many hours. Two hours later his wife's body was taken out of the wreck. Her head was almost severed from her body.

Further away there was another hideous spectacle -- the corpse of a young woman (MRS. LAUSON) who had been admired in her lifetime for her beauty. Her body had been crushed almost flat. Shortly after viewing her remains her husband became a raving maniac. It is doubtful if he will recover his reason.

A man named MICHAEL BRADLEY, who had gone almost crazy when told that all his family had perished in the landslide, discovered, while working over the wreck of his house, his five-year-old daughter still alive. His joy was indescribable. It is thought the child will live.

Up to this time the number of corpses found is twenty-five and the number of wounded eighteen.
The city is thronged with strangers, coming from all parts of Quebec district to witness the effects of the terrible avalanche.

The New York Times New York 1889-09-21

The reason this was an important event for my family is my great-grandfather, George Burns, a stevedore, heard about the landslide and immediately went to help. My great-grandmother Elizabeth Williamson said when he returned he was worn out and never really returned to good health, he died 2 years later of inflammation of the lungs. My grand-mother always thought all the dust and debris of the landslide contributed to his death. 

There were probably many more people who went to help and ended up among the casualties.

Saint-Raymond, Quebec

The seigniory of Bourg-Louis, which includes the territory of Saint-Raymond, was initially occupied by the Huron. Their round hut was only a few feet away from the current location of the presbytery. The seigniory was jointly owned by Bernard-Antoine Panet and Peter Langlois. The two men encourage the colonization of Sainte-Anne river valley. Four couples from Ancienne-Lorette were the first to rise to the challenge:

• Alexis Cayer and Jane Skinner
• Pierre Plamondon and Louise Déry
• Pierre Duplain and Esther Robert
• Joson Déry and Marguerite Hamel

It was in the spring of 1831 that the four men first left their home for the land the Huron had told them about. Once arrived, they shared the land among themselves. They spent the summers of 1831 and 1832 clearing the land. The four men went back to Ancienne-Lorette during the winters. In 1833, the women came with them to help prepare a permanent settlement. Other people subsequently came from the Ancienne-Lorette region.

As families arrived from l'Ancienne-Lorette, Irish communities developed in parallel in the Grand Rang sector. The first Scottish and Irish settlers arrived in the early 1830s. They came by sailboat to Quebec City, and were allocated lots in the seigniory of Bourg-Louis. Harriet Antill, an English-speaking woman married to Bernard-Antoine Panet, attracted hundreds of Irish people who were fleeing the famine in their country. The Irish colony soon built the Saint-Bartholomew chapel, two schools, a post office, a grain mill and a paper mill.

Formation of a town

Saint-Raymond was civilly erected on 18 June 1845.  

Churches

Church of Saint-Raymond built in 1900

A first Catholic church was built in 1844 on the river bank. The cemetery, before it was moved, was located near the chapel, also on the river bank. The first burial took place on 28 September 1844.
The first church was lost in a fire on 10 January 1858. A small granite church was built to replace it. However, after 40 years, despite successive improvements, the second church became too small for the ever increasing population. In 1900 began the construction of a third church south of the second one. The third church, still in use today, is a neoclassical work of art. It was built with granite from Rivière-à-Pierre. The plans were drawn by Georges-Émile Tanguay, architect of the city hall of Quebec City. The first mass was celebrated in 1902.

Wood industry

Logging started in 1850. Timber was brought to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade by log drivers on the Sainte-Anne River. It was then sent to Quebec city by schooner.
The construction of a railroad in 1880 stimulated the growth of the wood industry. The first pulp and paper plant, owned by T.L. Jackson, opened in 1888. Napoléon Piché opened the first large sawmills in 1890 and 1904. By 1900, Saint-Raymond counted 21 (mostly small) sawmills. Logging, log driving, and lumber production became important sectors of the economy.

Late 19th century

In 1886, the population had grown to 3807.
In 1895, a flood caused a lot of damage.
Saint-Raymond lost some of its territory when its smaller neighbours Sainte-Christine and Saint-Léonard were created, in 1895 and 1897 respectively.
As the number of pupils kept increasing, the Sisters of Charity convent (le couvent des Sœurs de la Charité) was erected in 1896.
To better fit people's needs, Saint-Raymond was divided in 1898 into two municipalities: the village and the parish.
On 25 June 1899, a fire started in the middle of the village. Forty houses burned, leaving sixty of the families living on Saint-Joseph street homeless. The houses were rebuilt within three months. The municipality later bought a fire pump and formed a volunteer firefighter program. On 12 June 1907, another fire started at Siméon Martel's house on Saint-Joseph street. Pushed by the wind, it reached Napoléon Moisan's house and other neighbouring houses. The firefighters' efforts limited the damage, but 20 houses were lost.

In 1992, Saint-Raymond celebrated its 150th anniversary.
When the city and the parish fused in 1995, Saint-Raymond became the most populous city of Portneuf.

St. Bartholomew Anglican Cemetery in Bourg Louis

Church of St. Bartholomew

The Church of St. Bartholomew was built in 1840 during the ministry of the Rev. William Wait,  who was a travelling missionary at that time.  It was consecrated by Bishop Mountain in1852. At one time this historic church and cemetery stood seemingly divorced from civilization in wooded surroundings.  It has served the early settlers of this district and their descendants for the last 140 years.  Many names which appeared in the Church registers in the 1840's are still to be found on the parish list in 1985, for example, Gray,Edgley, Smith, Pyle, Livingstone and many others.

 

        The original church, which still stands, is in a very good state of repair due to the continued effort of the members of the congregation and a Ladies Guild, though the number is decreasing, but at the present time we have approximately 25 families contributing to the church. Only a small part of the congregation of slightly over five souls live in the immediate vicinity of the Church. The larger portion now resides in Chute Panet, St. Raymond, St. Basile and Cap Sante.  

     

        Of special interest within the Church are the Memorial windows above the altar and the fireplace at the back of the church beside the organ.  The window was given by St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, in memory of two priests, the Rev. C. Roberts and the Rev. F. J. Cookesley, who were sent from the College to minister to the settlers in the new land. You will see their names on the windows above the altar. The first came to Bourg Louis, and Rev. Cookesley went to Labrador, and later succeeded Mr. Roberts here.  The presence of the fireplace at the back of the church is probably unique in our Diocese. We assume that the English settlers were not aware of the severity of the Canadian winters when they hoped to heat the building in this manner. Today, it is heated with an oil furnace.

 

         If one looks very carefully, the crumbling foundation of the old rectory can be found on the opposite side of the highway. For some years, here, in the midst of a thriving farming community, a school was attached to the rectory and classes were conducted by the resident clergyman. Students from the district, as well as from the Quebec City area were in attendance, and many are still surviving who remember coming out here to the rectory for a vacation and enjoy the country.

 

        More than 45 years ago, this church and congregation ceased to have a resident clergyman due to the decreasing English population. Many years ago, regular ministrations were conducted by the clergyman of Portneuf, but at the present time this Church is being ministered by a clergyman from Valcartier.

From a Historic Sketch written by Freda Gray Roberge 1985

    Transcribed 1995, by D. Clark McIntosh

Many of my Irish ancestors are buried at St. Barts along with the families of the wives and husbands they married into such as the Smith's, Livingston's, Mooney's, Henderson's, Morrow's, etc...

Albert Pyle 1904-1992 m. Florence Garvin

Robert john Pyle 1890-1956 m. Priscilla Morrow

Henry Pyle 1858-1943 m. Mary Proctor

James Hubert Pyle 1898-1980 m. Gladys Smith

Franklin Hubert Pyle 1902-1990 m. Amy Henderson

The above Pyle names are my 2nd cousins 2X removed

See the complete list of names at The Past Whispers

Henry Pyle 1802 - 1898

Henry Pyle was my 3 times maternal great-grandfather born in Crosserlough, Kildrumferton parish, County Cavan, Ireland to Richard and Hariet. He had one sister, Margaret.

He emigrated to Quebec City sometime before 1825, became a farmer and married Jane Griffith, also from Ireland in 1825.

They had 5 children, Jane, my 2 times great-grandmother, Phoebe, Robert, Ann, and Eliza Jane. Their mother, Jane died in 1863 and Henry married again, this time to Jane Gregory in 1865. Jane Gregory Pyle died in 1883, he had also survived a daughter, Phoebe who died in 1876 and his only son, Robert who died in 1875.

Henry died at the age of 96 at the Finlay Asylum for elderly men.

1832 Emigrants Handbook for arrivals at Québec

1832 Emigrants Handbook for arrivals at Québec

C. Buchanan, Chief Agent.
Emigrant Department, Québec, 1st June, 1832
Published by His Majesty’s Chief Agent for the superintendence of settlers and emigrants in Lower Canada – For the use of Emigrants (gratis)
Printed in Québec by Thomas Cary & Co. –
Freemason’s Hall, Buade Street, Québec – 1832


Information for emigrants

There is nothing of more importance to emigrants on arrival at Quebec, than correct information on the leading points, connected with their future pursuits. Many have suffered much by a want of caution, and by listening to the opinions of interested designing characters, who frequently offer their advice unsolicited, and who are met generally about wharves and landing places frequented by strangers. To guard emigrants from failing into such errors, they should immediately on arrival at Quebec, proceed to the

Office of the Chief Agents for Emigrants, in Sault-au-Matelot street in Quebec’s Lower Town.

Emigrants arriving at Quebec from the United Kingdom, and who are desirous of settling in Lower Canada, or of obtaining employment in Lower Canada, are informed that all necessary information for their guidance may be obtained (gratis) on application at this Office, between the hours of 10 and 3 o’clock daily, Sundays excepted.

The following directions are of importance to the emigrant arriving in Canada, and are addressed to him in the simplest language.

Previous to disembarkation, arrange your baggage in a small compass, the fewer packages the better, but have them well secured. Old dirty clothing, large boxes, and other useless articles, are not worth the carriage. If you have any provisions left, such as oatmeal, potatoes, etc, you can sell them at Quebec at a profit, and avoid the expense of transport, and you can purchase baker’s bread, butter, tea, sugar, and other necessaries more suited for your journey.

Persons intending to settle in Lower Canada, will find much valuable information regarding the laws and customs of the country by referring to a little work published by Joseph F. Perrault, Esquire, Prothonotary, of Lower Canada, entitled, "A Rural Code for the use of the old and new inhabitants of Lower Canada," which may be had of Messrs. T. Cary & Co. Printers, at Quebec, for nine pence.

Routes to the principal settlements in

Lower Canada

District of Québec

Townships of Portneuf – North side of the River St. Lawrence and in the district and vicinity of Quebec, are the settlements of Beauport, Stoneham, Tewsbury, Valcartier and Jacques Cartier, Deschambault, and the settlement of Portneuf. Inhabitants, principally Irish.

Township of St. Nicholas – From the Market-slip, in the Lower Town of Quebec, ferry-boats go daily as the tide suits, to St. Nicholas, 12 miles up the river on the south side, where Craig’s Road begins.

Townships of Frampton - South side of the River St. Lawrence – 36 miles from Quebec by Point Levy, a thriving settlement, inhabitants mostly Irish – Townships lying contiguous to the Kennebec Road, beyond Frampton, offer good prospect for settlement. The lands are principally private property. The Seignioury of St. Giles, 30 miles from Quebec, by St. Nicholas and the Craig’s Road, is favourably situated for emigrants, from its contiguity to the Capital, and is increasing rapidly, its population is principally Irish.

Township of New Argyle - Seigniory of St. Croix – The settlement of New Argyle, located 8 miles from Richardson’s Tavern, on the Craig’s Road, in St. Giles, and 38 miles from Quebec; the new road to the Township of Inverness, passes through this settlement. Inhabitants, principally Highlanders from the Island of Islay, and Irish. The lands in this part are of good quality.

Townships of Ulster – Yorkshire – Dublin – New Hamilton – The settlements of Ulster, Yorkshire, Dublin, and New Hamilton, commence four miles beyond New Argyle, and 42 miles from Quebec, and are situated in the flourishing Township of Inverness, through which a new road has been nearly finished to the borders of the Township of Halifax. The inhabitants of Inverness are from various parts of the United Kingdom. Those from England are principally from Yorkshire, those from Ireland, mostly from the Northern Counties, and those from Scotland, are chiefly Highlanders from the Island of Arran. Beyond Inverness lie the Townships of Halifax, Chester, and Tingwick; good lands for settlement; but at present there is no convenient road to them. The Township of Arthabaska joins Inverness, and is a desirable place for settlement.

Township of Leeds – The settlement of Leeds, through which Craig’s Road passes, lies to the left of Inverness. The region is located 50 miles from Quebec, and is increasing rapidly in population. Inhabitants, Scotch, Irish and English.

Township of New Ireland – The region of New Ireland, through which Craig’s Road also passes, lies beyond Leeds, 60 miles from Quebec and is increasing much in population. The inhabitants are principally Irish, and a number of English of the Wesleyan connexion, also about 25 American families from the United States.

Townships of Shipton & Dudswell – Craig’s road leads to Shipton and Dudswell, but is impassable for wheel carriage transport beyond Ireland.

Eastern Townships of Lower Canada

The route to the Townships - The present route to Trois Rivieres (Three Rivers), 90 miles above Quebec , by steam-boat, here cross the St. Lawrence to the south side and proceed to Sherbrooke, by Nicolet, La Baie, and Drummondville, or you may proceed to Sorel, 40 miles above Trois Rivieres on the south side of the St. Lawrence, and there disembark; the rate of passage from Quebec by the steam-boat, will be a trifle more than it is to Trois-Rivieres, but you will avoid the ferry. A good road leads from Sorel to Sherbrooke, by Yamaska and Drummondville. The distance from Quebec to Sherbrooke in a straight line by the new road to Inverness, when finished is 99 miles, and by Trois Rivieres or Sorel, the route obliged to be taken for transport, is 160 miles, of which 70 is land carriage.

Townships of Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke is the Capital of the Eastern Townships, and is surrounded by thriving settlements, particularly Stanstead, where industrious farming labourers or mechanics are much wanted, and are sure by good conduct to do well; as also, in the Townships of Stanbridge, Brome, Dunham, Potton and the Seigniory of St. Armand; the route to which is by St-Jean (St. John’s)

Townships of Chambly – Chambly is 40 miles from Sorel and 18 from Montreal. Labourers may get employment at the canal now making at Chambly, Chateauguay, Godmanchester and Sherington, from 25 to 40 miles from Montreal, south side of the St. Lawrence, are thriving situations.

North Shore of the St. Lawrence in Lower Canada

Townships of Trois Rivières – Three Rivers and its vicinity, 90 miles from Quebec, give employment to many emigrants. In the rear of Berthier, 130 miles above Quebec, are the Townships of Brandon, Kilkenny, Rawdon and Kildare.

Townships of New Glascow – Settlements in the Seigniory of Terrebonne, is about 30 miles from Montreal. Persons bound for the townships bordering on the Ottawa River, particularly Lochaber, Templeton, Hull, Grenville, Horton or other situations, on the Ottawa River, can proceed from Montreal, and Lachine, by the usual conveyances. There are many desirable situations for settlement belonging to private individuals. The names of the proprietors or the agents may be had on application at this office.

Please note - It is particularly recommended to emigrants to be exceedingly cautious in ascertaining the titles to such lands as they may settle on. Recommendation for lands to the respective Township Agents and Superintendents of settlement in Lower Canada, with routes will be furnished to emigrants (gratis)

A. C. Buchanan, Chief Agent – Emigrant Department , Quebec , 1st June, 1832

Selected Original Sources dealing with A.C. Buchanan

Robert John Grace – The Irish in Québec

"Third Report from the Select Committee on Emigration from the United Kingdom" – Evidence of A.C. Buchanan

A.C. Buchanan "Annual Report on Emigration for 1850"

"First Report from the Select Committee on Emigration of 1826 by A.C. Buchanan