Mr, Joly de Lotbiniere 



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iory in tin* county of l.othinicre, 

 after dcNcrihinK its Kituation and 

 boundaries, he Hays that it waa 

 granted in several pareelw, viz. : Nov. 

 3, 1672. half a loajjue in front by 

 one and a half lua^ueH in depth to 

 Sieur Mni-solet ; Nov. M. 1(>72, two 

 and a half lea>?ues in front by two 

 in depth, adjoinint; Ste Croix, to 

 Sieur de Lotbiniere; April 1. 1()85, 

 half a leajrue in front by two leaf^ues 

 in depth to Sieur de Lotbiniere, 

 Ix'in^ the vacant space between the 

 two former grants. In !()?).'{ the 

 depth from the river was consider- 

 ably added to so that the sei^'uiory 

 had a frontage on tiie river of three 

 and a half leatrwes witli a depth of 

 six leagues. He goes on to say that 

 the soil in general is excellent and 

 so advantageously varied that every 

 product of the country may be rais- 

 ed. It is well stocked with fine elm, 

 ash. maple, plane, wild cherry, and 

 other timber. The banks of the 

 rivers du C'hene, Iluron, and Hois- 

 clere produce nine of first-rate 

 growth. Notwithstanding the su- 

 perior fertility of the soil about one- 

 sixth part only of the grants are 

 settled. He nates that r)80 farms 

 of ninety acres each had been sur- 

 veyed and that 46;") of these were 

 under the manageim»nt of industri- 

 ous tenants, producing abundant 

 crops of grains, etc. Near the mid- 

 dle of the front stand a handsome 

 stone church and parsonage house 

 and near them a few neat and well 

 built houses; indeed, this is charact- 

 eristic of the major part of the 

 dwellings, the number of which is 

 considerable, as the population 

 amounts to 3.400 souls. On the cast 

 side, near the St. Lawrence, is a 

 small domain of only twelve acres, 

 wholly uncultivated, thickly covered 

 with timl)er trees of a superior de- 

 scription, and containing the seign- 

 iorial mill. On the different streams 

 are six sawmills and five manufact- 

 ories of potash. All the roads in 

 the seigniory as well as the main 

 road along the St. Lawrence are 

 always kept in perfect repair. 



This deMcription would largely fit 

 the place today, notwithKtauding; 

 the abolition of seigniorial tenure^ 

 and it showa that the family were 

 then, as now. conaiderate of those 

 who lived about them. The spirit 

 of the best of the old nobility shone 

 out in their kindness, generosity and 

 gentleness and the late representa- 

 tive fully carried out the traditions 

 of the house. 



Mr. de Lotbiniere was married on 

 July 14, 1885, to Lucy Geils Camp- 

 bell, daughter of the late W. U. 

 Campbell, prothonotary of Quebec. 

 By this union there is one son, 

 who, with Madame de Lotbiniere and 

 two brothers and three sisters, sur- 

 vives. The brothers are Alain C, and 

 Henri Gustave, and both are Majors 

 in the Royal Engineers at present 

 on service in India. The survivin^^ 

 sisters are Julia, wife of St. George 

 J. Boswell, Esq.. Quebec; Marga- 

 retta Anna, wife of Lt.-(,'ol. Herbert 

 Nanton, Royal Engineers, and Ethel 

 Blanche, wife of Lt.-Col. Dudley 

 Mills, Royal Engineers. 



The funeral was held from the 

 Anglican Cathedral where the family 

 have worshipped for generations, to 

 Mount Hermon Cemetery, it was 

 largely attended by the leading 

 citizens of city and province, and 

 there were also present a large re- 

 presentation of the men from the 

 estate. The .service in the Cathedral 

 was conducted by the Bishop of 

 (^iiebec, assisted by the Cathedral 

 clergy and Rev. Frederick George 

 Scott, rector of St. .Matthews. The 

 Dominion Parliament, the Quebec 

 Cabinet, the Bench and Bar. and the 

 mercantile and lumbering interests 

 were represented, while the forest 

 service of Quebec, with which Mr. 

 de Lotbiniere was naturally in very 

 close touch, was represented bv Mr. 

 W. C. J. Hall, an old schoolfellow, 

 for the j^rotective branch, and Mr. 

 .\vila Bedard, M.F.. for the forestry 

 branch. 



AVhen the news of the sudden 

 death reached Ottawa, as many 

 directors of the Canadian Forestry 



