Jacques Marquette

Jacques Marquette

male, deceased (1675)
Marquette University, French, lake superior, Explorer of Canada, Jesuit, Native American…huron
Father Jacques Marquette (June 10, 1637-May 18, 1675) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the...
Isaac Jogues

Isaac Jogues

male, deceased (1646)
Lac du Saint Sacrement, Canadian Martyr, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, From Orleans, huron, Native American
Saint Isaac Jogues was a Jesuit missionary who travelled and worked among the Native Americans in North America. He gave the original European name...

Charles Garnier

male, deceased (1649)
Canadian Martyr, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, huron, French, Jesuit, Canadian
St. Charles Garnier, baptised in Paris on May 25, 1606, was a Jesuit missionary, who was martyred at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons on December 7,...
Pierre Boucher

Pierre Boucher

male, deceased (1717)
Jesuit, louis xiv, Iroquois, huron, georgian bay, Trois-Rivières
Pierre Boucher, came to Canada from France in 1635 with his father. At the age of 18, he entered the services of the Jesuits and spent 4 years with...

Étienne Brûlé

male, deceased (1633)
Champigny-sur-Marne, Penetanguishene, Fur trade, lake superior, Explorer of Canada, Jesuit…lake huron, huron
Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592 (Champigny-sur-Marne, France) - c. June 1633 (Toanche, on the Penetanguishene peninsula, Ontario)) was a French explorer in...
Jean Nicolet

Jean Nicolet

male, 367 years old
French, Ottawa River, indigenous peoples, Nipissing, First Nation, Jean Nigolet (Nicollet) de Belleborne…huron
Jean Nicolet (Nicollet) de Belleborne was a French voyager noted for exploring the Northwest Territory. In 1618 he came to Quebec as a clerk and to...
Cheryl Ladd

Cheryl Ladd

female, 58 years old
actor-singer, From South Dakota, huron, Happy Days actor, actress, American
Cheryl Ladd (born July 12, 1951) is an American actress and singer.
Canadian Martyrs

Canadian Martyrs

Saint, Wyandot, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, In the Garden of North American Martyr, Canadian national church in Rome, Christianity in Canada…huron
The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were...
Gabriel Sagard

Gabriel Sagard

male
Pre-Confederation Ontario, Canadian, Roman Catholic priest, Le grand voyage au pays des Hurons, Dictionnaire de la langue huronne, L'histoire du Canada…Huron language, huron, lake huron
Gabriel Sagard, baptized Théodat, was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order ("French: Récollet") who arrived in New Fr...
Antoine Daniel

Antoine Daniel

male, deceased (1648)
Iriquois, Canadian Martyr, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, georgian bay, absolution, Roman Catholic priest…huron
Saint Antoine Daniel (27 May 1601 - 4 July, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs....