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The Descendants of Thomas Nutbrown
Thomas Nutbrown was probably born in 1786 in Howden, Yorkshire. He married Ann Cottam 31 January 1811 in Thorganby, Yorkshire. They had twelve children. They emigrated in about 1830 and settled in Leeds, Quebec, Canada. Thomas died in 1858. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Minnesota and Michigan.
Crofters and Habitants
In Crofters and Habitants, J.I. Little examines the ways in which two highly distinct social groups -- Gælic-speaking crofters from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and French-speaking habitants from south of Quebec City -- adapted to a common physical environment in the rugged Appalachian plateau of south-eastern Quebec.
Borderland Religion
Focusing on the settlement period of the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Little addresses the role played by religion in forging a distinctive national identity for English-Canadians.
The Canadian Oxford School Atlas
An atlas from a Canadian perspective.
State and Society in Transition
Examining the process of state formation as it occurred in the Eastern Townships of Quebec following the unification of Upper and Lower Canada, J.I. Little argues that institutional reform was not simply imposed by the government but the result of a complex process of interaction between the state and the local community. While past studies look at state formation in the post-Rebellion period largely from the perspective of the central government, State and Society in Transition focuses on the significant role the local population played in shaping institutional reforms.
Loyalties in Conflict
Loyalties in Conflict examines how the allegiance to British authority of the American-origin population within the borders of Lower Canada was tested by the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837-1838.
Farmer's Advocate
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Canadian Poets and Poetry (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Canadian Poets and Poetry Poetry, at its height, implies beauty and the driving force of passion. It implies also the austerity and emotional restraint which means spiritual strength, and it is, primarily, to the inherent strength of this Art which faces and pictures the truth in nature and human nature, that the people have turned in times past and will turn in times to come. This volume contains brief but inclusive records of fifty men and women to whom song has come first. Many of their poems are indigenous to the soil, - vitally, healthfully Can adian; others are tinged with the legendary and mythical lore of older lands; but all are of Canada, inasmuch as the writers have l...
