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Warder Cresson (1798–1860), American writer, first US consul to Jerusalem, convert from Quakerism to Judaism, had Huguenot ancestors. [390] John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers (1842–1914), Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope. [42] [391] Anne Dubourg, lawyer, parliamentarian, first member of the nobility to be martyred. [392]
Pages in category "Huguenot families" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bedoire family; C.
After the British Conquest of New France, British authorities in Lower Canada tried to encourage Huguenot immigration in an attempt to promote a Francophone Protestant Church in the region, hoping that French-speaking Protestants would be more loyal clergy than those of Roman Catholicism. While a small number of Huguenots did come, the majority ...
The Huguenot Society of Canada is an organization which published the Huguenot Trails publication from 1968 to 2003. [1] In 1985, it organized a conference to study Huguenot heritage in Canada. [ 2 ]
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European Canadians are Canadians who can trace their ancestry to the continent of Europe. [2] [3] They form the largest panethnic group within Canada.In the 2021 Canadian census, 19,062,115 people or 52.5% of the population self-identified ethnic origins from Europe.
Pages in category "Huguenot history" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sicard, a Huguenot, brought his family to British America in 1688 to escape religious persecution. Although a few of his descendants were active as Patriots during the American Revolution , a significant number were Loyalists who joined British provincial regiments such as Butler's Rangers , and afterwards settled in what is now Ontario and New ...