Letorneau, Charles
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LÉTOURNEAU, JEAN-CHARLES
Notary, office holder, and politician; b. 28 Nov. 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Que., son of Joseph-Marie Létourneau and Marie-Françoise Cloutier;d. 21 April 1838 in the parish of Saint-Thomas (at Montmagny), Lower Canada.
Although he came from a humble family with little education, Jean-Charles Létourneau did classical studies at the Petit Séminaire deQuébec, where he was a day-pupil from 1789 to 1792. His teachers said at the time that he was an intelligent, gifted, but unruly student. Subsequently he articled with notaries Roger Lelièvre andthen Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau. He was licensed to practise as a notary public on 18 July 1803 and settled in Saint-Thomas.
On 24 Nov. 1806, in the parish church of Saint-Thomas, Létourneau marriedCatherine Boisseau, daughter of his former employer and of Catherine Gaspé, whose father was Ignace-Philippe Aubert* de Gaspé. Even though no children were born to them and there was a greatdifference in their ages, they apparently led a happy life until Catherine died on 13 Feb. 1833.
A man with a sharp eye, slim and carefully dressed, Létourneau proved to be witty, learned, andpatriotic. After a stormy youth, in which he claimed to take his inspiration from Voltaire, and in spite of his ardent nationalism, he reputedly sobered down with age, ardour giving way to “more reasonableand more moderate” sentiments.
In 1826 Létourneau began to take on civic responsibilities. On 8 May he became a commissioner for repairing the schoolhouse in Saint-Thomas, a duty shared with hisbrother-in-law Ignace-Gaspard Boisseau, among others. Then on 29 May 1829 he was appointed commissioner to open roads in the parish of Saint-Thomas, and on 12 May 1831 he became commissioner forconducting the census in L’Islet County.
A great admirer of Louis-Joseph Papineau*, Létourneau took an interest in politics and sought election in the riding of Devon on 25 Aug. 1827. He was...
Notary, office holder, and politician; b. 28 Nov. 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Que., son of Joseph-Marie Létourneau and Marie-Françoise Cloutier;d. 21 April 1838 in the parish of Saint-Thomas (at Montmagny), Lower Canada.
Although he came from a humble family with little education, Jean-Charles Létourneau did classical studies at the Petit Séminaire deQuébec, where he was a day-pupil from 1789 to 1792. His teachers said at the time that he was an intelligent, gifted, but unruly student. Subsequently he articled with notaries Roger Lelièvre andthen Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau. He was licensed to practise as a notary public on 18 July 1803 and settled in Saint-Thomas.
On 24 Nov. 1806, in the parish church of Saint-Thomas, Létourneau marriedCatherine Boisseau, daughter of his former employer and of Catherine Gaspé, whose father was Ignace-Philippe Aubert* de Gaspé. Even though no children were born to them and there was a greatdifference in their ages, they apparently led a happy life until Catherine died on 13 Feb. 1833.
A man with a sharp eye, slim and carefully dressed, Létourneau proved to be witty, learned, andpatriotic. After a stormy youth, in which he claimed to take his inspiration from Voltaire, and in spite of his ardent nationalism, he reputedly sobered down with age, ardour giving way to “more reasonableand more moderate” sentiments.
In 1826 Létourneau began to take on civic responsibilities. On 8 May he became a commissioner for repairing the schoolhouse in Saint-Thomas, a duty shared with hisbrother-in-law Ignace-Gaspard Boisseau, among others. Then on 29 May 1829 he was appointed commissioner to open roads in the parish of Saint-Thomas, and on 12 May 1831 he became commissioner forconducting the census in L’Islet County.
A great admirer of Louis-Joseph Papineau*, Létourneau took an interest in politics and sought election in the riding of Devon on 25 Aug. 1827. He was...
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