The Société généalogique canadienne-française (SGCF), the French Canadian genealogical society in Montreal, tweeted yesterday about a new book, Les Français émigrés au Canada pendant la Révolution française et le Consulat : 1789-1804, by Marcel Fournier.
The book tells the story of the approximately 140 people who fled France during the French Revolution, between 1789 and 1804, to seek refuge in Canada.
Many of these French nationals settled in Lower Canada, thanks to Abbés Philippe-Jean-Louis Desjardins and Jean Raimbault, and by 1798, some of the settlers, nobility, and officers of the royal army settled in Upper Canada to establish a royalist community.
With the signing of the Concordat of 1802, most of the settlers returned to France. Those who remained, including some notaries, did so to pursue their career.
A paperback version of this 282-page book is available from the SGCF and book stores in Quebec. Print and e-book versions are also available online from Amazon.ca and Archambault.ca.
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