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Memorable Manitobans: Louis-Raymond Giroux (1841-1911)
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L-R. Giroux
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Cleric.
A college chum of Louis Riel, he came to Red River in 1868 and served as priest at the Roman Catholic cathedral and at Ste. Anne des Chênes. He served as chaplain to Riel’s forces at Fort Garry during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-70. He was later Professor and Rector of the Collège de Saint-Boniface. He died at Ste. Anne des Chênes on 11 November 1911.
Sources:
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 December 2012
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