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Recovering Identities from the Judicial Archives of Quebec
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Recovering Identities from the Judicial Archives of Quebec
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The authors note that under the rigorous marriage regime of nineteenth century Quebec, two patterns of evasion have left puzzles in the province’s archives: an annual cohort of newborns registered as being “of unknown parents” and a perennial population of women whose husbands were “absent from this province and in parts unknown.” The authors explore the circumstances under which some of the “unknowns” made themselves known. By mobilizing a network of support for judicial recognition, these “unknowns” recovered or extended their personal agency. Soundings in the guardianship records (Tutelles et Curatelles) for Montreal offer insights into the social contexts of family abandonment, the challenges of survival without status, and routines of ad hoc management by authorities of church and state.
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Histoire sociale / Social History
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Vol. 57
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No. 117
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71-95
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May 2024
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en
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Olson, Sherry, and Mary Anne Poutanen. “Recovering Identities from the Judicial Archives of Quebec.” Histoire sociale / Social History Vol. 57, no. No. 117 (May 2024): 71–95. https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/41351.
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