Cachés en pleine vue: Les enfants illégitimes de Sir James Stuart et de Marie-Josephte Dufresne

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Title
Cachés en pleine vue: Les enfants illégitimes de Sir James Stuart et de Marie-Josephte Dufresne
Abstract
A genealogical study of two of James Stuart’s “illegitimate” children by Marie-Josephte Dufresne, and the descendants of these children. James Stuart (1780-1853), a lawyer by training, was appointed Solicitor General in 1805, Attorney General for Lower Canada in 1825, and Chief Justice of Lower Canada in 1838. He married Elizabeth Robertson (1795-1849) in 1818. They had four children born between 1824 and 1837. Marie-Josephte Dufresne (1792-1865) married Joseph Robert dit Namur (1797-1855) in 1820. They had two children. The illegitimate children were Eleanore, born in 1815, and William James, born in 1819.
Publication
Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française
Date
Été 2026
Volume
Vol. 77
Issue
No. 2 (Cahier 328)
Pages
106-117
Language
fr
Citation
Perrault, Raymond. “Cachés en pleine vue: Les enfants illégitimes de Sir James Stuart et de Marie-Josephte Dufresne.” Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, t 2026.
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