Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician (1836-1906)
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Place of Birth: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
About Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens
- Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens (April 11, 1836 – December 24, 1906) was a notary, author and politician in Quebec.
- He served as mayor of Hull from 1889 to 1890.
- His name also appears as Jean-Éraste and Jean Protais Eraste.The son of Colonel Protais d'Odet d'Orsonnens and Louise-Sophie Rocher, he was born in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada, and was educated at L'Assomption and at the Jesuit college in Montreal.
- He went on to study law and was licensed as a notary at the age of 22.
- D'Orsonnens practised his profession in Montreal, Warwick and Hull.
- In 1875, he married Marie-Louise Fiset.
- D'Orsonnens was also a commissioner of the Superior Court of Quebec and chair of the Hull school board.
- Around the age of 50, he retired from practice as a notary to pursue his developing business.
- He served on Hull municipal council from 1877 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1891.He published: Felluna, la vierge iroquoise ; Une épluchette de blé-d'inde ; Une résurrection (1856) which is described as the first collection of stories published in Lower Canada Une apparition : épisode de l'émigration irlandaise au Canada (1860) Le moteur centripète (1899)Rue D'Orsonnens in Hull, now part of Gatineau, was named in his honour.
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