Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens
| Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Hull, Quebec | |
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In office 1889–1890 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 11, 1836 Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada |
| Died |
December 24, 1906 Hull, Quebec |
Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens (April 11, 1836[1] – December 24, 1906[2]) was a notary, author and politician in Quebec. He served as mayor of Hull from 1889 to 1890. His name also appears as Jean-Éraste[3] and Jean Protais Eraste.[4]
The son of Colonel Protais d'Odet d'Orsonnens and Louise-Sophie Rocher,[3] he was born in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada, and was educated at L'Assomption and at the Jesuit college in Montreal. He went on to study law and was licensed as a notary at the age of 22. D'Orsonnens practised his profession in Montreal, Warwick and Hull. In 1875, he married Marie-Louise Fiset. D'Orsonnens was also a commissioner of the Superior Court of Quebec and chair of the Hull school board. Around the age of 50, he retired from practice as a notary to pursue his developing business.[1] He served on Hull municipal council from 1877 to 1886[4] and from 1890 to 1891.[3]
He published:
- Felluna, la vierge iroquoise ; Une épluchette de blé-d'inde ; Une résurrection (1856)[5] which is described as the first collection of stories published in Lower Canada[6]
- Une apparition : épisode de l'émigration irlandaise au Canada (1860)[7]
- Le moteur centripète (1899)[8]
Rue D'Orsonnens in Hull, now part of Gatineau, was named in his honour.[9]
References
- 1 2 Cochrane, William. The Canadian Album. Volume 5. p. 257.
- ↑ "Registres de l'état civil de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Hull" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. 1906. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Jean Protais Eraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens". Répertoire des élus municipaux de l’Outaouais de 1845 à 1975 (in French). Archives nationales du Québec.
- 1 2 "Jean-Éraste-D'Odet D'Orsonnens". Répertoire des élus municipaux de l’Outaouais de 1845 à 1975 (in French). Archives nationales du Québec.
- ↑ D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1856). Felluna, la vierge iroquoise. Montreal.
- ↑ Lemire, Maurice (1996). La vie littéraire au Québec (in French). Volume 3. Presses Université Laval. p. 556. ISBN 2763774059.
- ↑ D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1860). Une apparition : épisode de l'émigration irlandaise au Canada.
- ↑ D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1899). Le moteur centripète. Ottawa.
- ↑ "Rue D'Orsonnens" (in French). Commission de toponymie Québec.