The Abbotts of St. Andrews: Two Pioneering Brothers and Their Remarkable Offspring

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Title
The Abbotts of St. Andrews: Two Pioneering Brothers and Their Remarkable Offspring
Abstract
A short account of brothers Joseph and William Abbott, Anglican missionaries, who arrived in Canada from England in 1818. They settled in Argenteuil County. Among their illustrious offspring were John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1821-1893), Canada's fourth and first native-born Prime Minister; and Dr. Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott (1869-1940), a pathologist and professor at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine.
Publication
Quebec Heritage News
Date
July-August 2009
Volume
Vol. 5
Issue
no. 4
Pages
20-21
URL
Language
en
Citation
Abbott, Elizabeth. “The Abbotts of St. Andrews: Two Pioneering Brothers and Their Remarkable Offspring.” Quebec Heritage News, August 2009. http://qahn.org/files/quebecanglophoneheritagenetwork/documents/qhn/qhn_july-aug_2009_layout.pdf_web_version.pdf.
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