Author: Pierre-Georges Roy

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-18

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780265458129

Excerpt from Sieur De Vincennes Identified Pierre-georges Roy, to whom Indiana is indebted for this information, was born at Levis, across the St. Lawrence from Quebec, October 23, 1870. He is the son Of the Notary Leon Roy and Marguerite (le Lavoye, being the twelfth child in a family of fourteen. One of his elder brothers was the dis tinguished J. Edmond Roy, President of the Royal Society of Canada, and author Of the History of the Seigneury of Lauzon. N. Leon Roy was able to give his family good educations, and pierre-georges graduated in turn from the College of Levis, the Seminary of Quebec, and the University of Laval. Literary by inclination, his first venture was the establishment, in 1890, of Le Glaneur, a magazine for young people, which was continued for two years. He then entered journalistic work on the Quotidien, at Levis, and the Canadien, at Quebec, and established Le Moniteur, at Levis, In 1894 he was made deputy Clerk of the Court of Appeals at Quebec. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.