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4 unusual facts about Lorimier


Lorimier

Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier (1744–1825), businessman, official and political figure in Lower Canada

Old Lorimier Cemetery: Cape Girardeau, Missouri; established in 1808 by Louis Lorimier

François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier (1803–1839), notary who fought for the independence of Lower Canada

Louis Lorimier (1748–1812), born in the Etienne parish of Montréal, Quebec, Canada


Louis Lorimier

Lorimier is also responsible for the founding of at least two Missouri counties: Cape Girardeau County, and Bollinger County, the next county to the west.

Cape Girardeau County was first settled by mix of French Canadian and Shawnee refugees who had fled with Lorimier from Pickawillany in the Ohio Country.


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