De La Marche, Dominique

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Title

De La Marche, Dominique

Description

In 1701, Father La Marche was appointed a priest at Rouen as well as a lecturer in philosophy in Quebec. La Marche made his name prominent when he sent an abundance of documents and reports to Civil and Religious authorities. In 1709, he was a vicar of the convent in Quebec as well as a professor of philosophy. On 27th August 1713, La Marche was assigned a superior of the Recollets on Ile Royale. With this a committee was created in order to choose a port for an upcoming French settlement. The Recollet order set forth the first of the missionaries arriving in Canada in 1615. The order of the Recollets was first founded in France. The served as chaplains, which are christain representatives to the french army

Date

1701-1702: Convent of Quebec, Canada 1703-1704: Returned to France June 1706: Detroit 1709-1713: Quebec 1713: St. Peters, Nova Scotia

Type

Person

Coverage

Quebec City, St. Peters, Nova Scotia, Detroit Ile Royale (Cape Breton)

Source

Michel Theriault. Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. “Recollets”, Last Edited December 16, 2013, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/recollets
James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast.
The American Catholic Quarterly. Hardy and Mahony. 1898. Digitized 16 october 2012, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ps81AQAAMAAJ&dq=missionary+work+of+dominique+de+la+marche&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1677

Birthplace

Born in France 14 November, 1738 at Montargis (Loiret)

Place of Death

Died in Montargis, France

Occupation

Prist; Recollet; Missionary; Superior of the Recollets in Acadia; Provincial commissioner

Languages Spoken or Written

French; possibly english

Biographical Text

Dominique De La Marche was a baptized francois and a Roman Catholic. He was an adamant priest and vicar of a convent in Quebec. He was acknowledged as a superior Recollet on Ile Royale. The Recollet order was founded in France and served as chaplains, representatives of the christian faith, to the French army.
With this title of superior of the Recollets, La Marche was a committee member deciding where a port should be made for a new French settlement. After meeting with Acadian families we sent a report to Pastour Costebelle, the governor of Ile Royale. He wrote that the Acadians was loyal to France and accepted the transfer to Ile Royale.

Bibliography

Michel Theriault. Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. “Recollets”, Last Edited December 16, 2013, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/recollets
James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast.
The American Catholic Quarterly. Hardy and Mahony. 1898. Digitized 16 october 2012, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ps81AQAAMAAJ&dq=missionary+work+of+dominique+de+la+marche&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Associated Course

Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301)

Student Cataloguer

Heather Williams

Citation

heatherwilliams3, “De La Marche, Dominique ,” Recipro: The history of international and humanitarian aid, accessed November 22, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/items/show/460.

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