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2 unusual facts about Cherrier


Cherrier

Séraphin Cherrier (1762–1843), a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada

François-Pierre Cherrier (1717–1793), a French-born merchant and notary in Lower Canada.


François-Pierre Cherrier

He was born in Savigné-l’Évêque in Sarthe, the son of François Cherrier and Périnne Isambart, and came to Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil in New France, where his uncle was parish priest, in 1736.

After the conquest by the British, Cherrier's commission as a notary was renewed but his finances suffered as the result of the conversion of the currency.


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