Henri-Elzéar Taschereau
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
|---|---|
| In office October 7, 1878 – November 21, 1902 | |
| Nominated by | John A. Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Jean-Thomas Taschereau |
| Succeeded by | John Douglas Armour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1836 Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce, Lower Canada |
| Died | April 14, 1911 (aged 74) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Antoinette Harwood Marie-Louise Panet |
Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, PC (October 7, 1836 – April 14, 1911) was a Canadian jurist and the fourth Chief Justice of Canada.[citation needed]
Career
Taschereau was born in his family's seigneurial manor house at Sainte-Marie-de-la-Beauce, Lower Canada to Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau and Catherine Hénédine Dionne. Tashereau attended the Université Laval and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1857.[citation needed] That same year he married Marie-Antoinette de Lotbiniere Harwood (d. 1896), daughter of Robert Unwin Harwood, and they were the parents of seven children. He married his second wife, Marie-Louise Panet, in 1897 and fathered three more children.[citation needed]
He practiced law in
Family
Taschereau was the great, great grandson of
Henri-Elzéar Taschereau married at Vaudreuil, Quebec May 27, 1857, to Marie Antoinette Harwood, daughter of the Hon. R. U. Harwood, Seigneur of Vaudreuil, and his wife, Marie Louise Josephte Chartier de Lotbiniere. The couple had seven children. She died at Ottawa, June 2, 1896. Her remains were interred in the parish church of Vaudreuil.[citation needed]
Henri-Elzéar Taschereau married at Ottawa, March 22, 1897 his second wife Marie Louise Panet, daughter of Charles Panet, Clerk of Private Bills, House of Commons, Ottawa, and his wife, Euphemie Chateauvert. Marie Louise was born in Ottawa, February 29, 1868, and received her education at the Convent of the Sacred Heart (Grey Nuns) in Ottawa. The couple lived at 363 Theodore Street, Ottawa. The couple had two sons. Charles Elzear de Montarville Taschereau was born in Ottawa on October 5, 1898. Henri Edouard Panet Taschereau was born at Ottawa, August 9, 1902.[4]
Further reading
- Howes, David (1987). "From Polyjurality to Monojurality: The Transformation of Quebec Law, 1875–1929" (PDF). McGill Law School: 523–558. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
External links
- Supreme Court of Canada Biography
- Howes, David (1998). "Taschereau, Sir Henri-Elzéar". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- "Biography of Henri-Elzéar Taschereau". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
References
- ^ "No. 27465". The London Gazette. 15 August 1902. p. 5327.
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Latest intelligence - The Canadian Judicial Bench". The Times. No. 36929. London. 19 November 1902. p. 5.
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 328.
