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ton Irving ?; James Orkney, Robert
Wood, Alexander Munn, James McCallum, Thomas White, Fred. Petrie, Robert
Ritchie, we recall many leading merchants in St. Peter, Notre-Dame Street
and the old Cul-de-Sac.
"Jane Sewell," was the wife of
Stephen Sewell Solicitor-General of Lower Canada, brother to Chief Justice
Sewell. "Henrietta Sewell," one of the signers, survived ten years her
husband, the late Jonathan Sewell.* Chief Justice for Lower Canada, who
died in Quebec, in 1839. Chief Justice Sewell left a numerous progeny: t
"Ebenezer Baird," we take to have
been the progenitor of a well-remembered Quebec Barrister, James E. Baird,
Esq., the patron of our city member, Jacques Malouin, Esquire.
George Pyke, a Halifax Barrister,
had settled here. Subsequently he rose to the Bench as Mr. Justice Pyke.
Robert Harrower was doubtless the father of Messrs. Robert, David and
Charles Harrower, of Trois Saumons, County of L’Islet. Honorable James
Irvine, in 1818, a member of the Legislative Council was the grandfather
of the Hon. George Irvine, of this city. The Hon. John Jones Ross, the
present Speaker of the Legislative Council, Quebec, traces back to the
"James Ross" of 1802, and the
See Appendix Letter I.
t John Sewell, Capt. in 49th
(Brock’s Regiment) and Lt.-Col.Volunteers in 1837. William Smith Sewell,
late Sheriff of Quebec, died 1st June, 1866.
Edmund Willoughby Sewell, Clerk in Holy
Orders.
Robert Shore Milnes Sewell, Advocate, died
9th May, 1834.
Maria May Livingstone Sewell widow of Major Henry Temple 15th Regiment.
Henrietta Sewell, wife of Rev. Dr. Frs. J. Lundy, died 17th Nov., 1847.
Henry Doyle Sewell, Clerk in Hoiy Orders.
James Arthur Sewell, M.D., Professor of Laval University.
Montague Charles Sewell, died 28th February, 1859.
Charlotte De Quincy Sewell, died 31st December, 1826.
Fanny Georgina Sewell, wife of Capt. Trevor Davenport, 1st" Royals."
Eliza Janet Sewell, wife of John Ross, Esq., died 8th May, 1875.
Algernon Robinson Sewell, Lt.-Col. 15th Regiment, died 10th January, 1875. |
