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Another packed QAHN event, this time at Shawville High School in the Pontiac, where QAHN project staff Heather Darch and Rod Ma

Another packed QAHN event, this time at Shawville High School in the Pontiac, where QAHN project staff Heather Darch and Rod Ma

Trivia Quiz: The Papineau Family and the “Petite Nation” Seigneurie (Answers)

--February 21, 2019.

1. c. His sister in law, the wife of Denis-Benjamin Papineau. Her name was Angélique-Louise Cornud, and she had donated land on which the parish church and rectory were built.

2. a. Denis-Benjamin Papineau. Though it was his father who had originally purchased the “Petite Nation” seigneurie, Denis-Benjamin Papineau administered the region from 1808 to 1845. He would go on to become the joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1846 to 1848.