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English key for biographical notesBiographical notes for each Canadian figure were written in French only. Within the same structure, the short biographies include, if available, the following elements : occupation, date and place of birth, names of parents, facts of marriage(s) and finally, place and date of death. It can easily be read with the following crosswalks between French and English, followed by an example taken from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Administrateur colonial = colonial administrator Administrateur scolaire = school or educational administrator Auteur = author Avocat = lawyer Cultivateur = farmer Écrivain = writer Évêque = bishop Fonctionnaire = office holder Homme d'affaires = businessman Homme politique = politician Instituteur = teacher Juge = judge Médecin = doctor Officier = army officer Prêtre = priest né le = b. (born) fils de = son of il épousa = m. (married) et ils eurent = and they had enfants = children décédé = d. (died)
ARCHAMBEAULT, URGEL-EUGÈNE, instituteur et administrateur scolaire, né le
27 mai 1834 à L'Assomption, Bas-Canada, fils de Louis Archambault,
cultivateur, et d'Angélique Prud'homme; le 1er octobre 1860, il épousa à
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Bas-Canada, Azilda Robitaille, et ils eurent 11
enfants ; décédé le 20 mars 1904 à Montréal.
Example : English Version
ARCHAMBEAULT, URGEL-EUGÈNE, teacher and school administrator; b.
27 May 1834 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada, son of Louis Archambault, a
farmer, and Angélique Prud'homme ; m. 1 Oct. 1860 Azilda Robitaille in
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada, and they had 11 children;
d. 20 March 1904 in Montreal
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