The parishes Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Notre Dame Cathedral (1728 to 1818) – This church was

founded in 1621. About 1728, under the French Regime, a few Irish, British or Scottish

settlers were known to worship here. After 1760, under the British Regime, the cathedral

served many Irish, Scottish and English parishioners. As of the 1820s, mass was

celebrated in both English and French. Prior to the establishment of St. Patrick’s in 1833,

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame de la Garde, Notre-Dame de Saint-Roch and

Notre-Dame des Victoires were all known as Irish churches.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/notre-dame-de-quebec-basilica-

cathedral-/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_notre_dame.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/923.html

Quebec City’s Augustines - Hôtel-Dieu Hospital (Hôpital général de Québec) (1728)

– From as early as 1639, this hospital run by nuns became the main civil and military

hospital in New France.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/quebec-city-s-augustines--hotel-

dieu-hospital-/

https://www.journaldequebec.com/2017/06/07/325-ans-de-lhopital-general-de-quebec-

les-augustines-dhier-a-aujourdhui-en-images

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:H%C3%B4pital-

G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_de_Qu%C3%A9bec_Cemetery

Haymarket Square (Lower Quebec) - Saint Patrick’s Day (1765) - The Quebec Gazette

account of Saint Patrick’s Day events in 1765 read in part: "…besides the divine service,

entertainment and toasts will be held at the tavern, followed on the Monday night by a

ball." It appears that the festivities were held at Hugh Maguire’s Shamrock Inn near the

Haymarket. This suggests that, by 1765, the Irish settlers in Québec City had grown into

a substantial community.

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/the-celtic-cross/

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs57093

https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/vieux-quebec-marche-champlain-edgar-

gariepy-19

https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/uploads/r/ville-de-montreal-section-des-

archives/1/c/a/1cac35671c907100bfcd319572375494864272efe7cbce31d9eb3e6fcc9

e6597/BM42-G2198_neg-ni.jpg

Vieux Québec (Old Québec) - Chapel of the Congregationalists - Jesuit Fathers (1822)

- Rev. Simon Lawlor, presiding. From about 1822 to 1826, church services for the Irish

Catholics were held at the Congregational Chapel, then located within the walls of the

Convent of the Jesuit Fathers on Esplanade Hill (d’Auteuil). Marriages, baptisms and

burials were conducted at Notre Dame Cathedral.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/jesuits-chapel/

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ville+de+Qu%C3%89bec+S%C3%A9minaire+des

+J%C3%A9suites&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipqZfs6LDfAh

WsUt8KHXk7AU8Qs AR6BAgFEAE&biw=498&bih=491

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9minaire_de_Qu%C3%A9bec

https://archivesacrq.org/collections/bibliotheque-du-college-des-jesuites/

Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Notre Dame des Victoires (Diamond Harbour Chapel)

(1824) – First organized in 1608 and located next to the Port of Quebec, in 1824, this

parish became a separate congregation for the Irish immigrants. Father Patrick

McMahon, presiding. Irish settlers supplied much of the labour on the docks and built

many of Quebec’s best-known landmarks. The Irish called this church Diamond Harbour

Chapel. Church registers are found in Notre Dame Cathedral records.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/notre-dame-des-victoires-church/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_notre_dame_des_victoires.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/927.html

Sainte Foy - Notre Dame de Foy (1831) – First organized in 1679, this parish welcomed

its first Irish parishioners in 1831. Rev. Henry Harkin, Rev. Alexander E. Maguire,

presiding. The church burned down in 1977. Prior to that, it was the third focal point of

the Irish community of Quebec City. The region of Sainte Foy, along with nearby Sillery

and Cap Rouge, is still to this day, the bedroom community of the well-educated citizens.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_notre_dame_de_foy.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/985a.html

Saint Roch Ward - Notre Dame de Saint-Roch (1831) – First organized in 1829, this

parish welcomed its first Irish family in 1831. By 1851, the Irish population of Quebec

City had climbed to 9100, an 800% increase over 30 years. Saint Roch Ward in Lower

Quebec City became the home to the second largest community of Irish families in the

area. Church registers can be found under Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/st-roch-church/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_roch.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/925.html

Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Notre Dame des Anges (1831) – First organized in 1728,

this chapel was located within the Québec City Hospital (Hôpital Général) and, as such,

it welcomed many of the new-born Irish children as early as 1831. Church registers

under Hôpital Général de Québec.

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/926.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4pital-

G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_de_Qu%C3%A9bec

http://www.patrimoine-

culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=92547&type=bien

http://monsaintroch.com/2016/le-monastere-des-augustines-de-lhopital-general-de-

quebec-le-tresor-cache-de-notre-dame-des-anges/

http://archeologiequebec.org/sites/hopital-general-de-quebec/histoire-de-l-hopital-

general-de-quebec/

Haute Ville (Upper Town) - Saint-Patrick Church (1832) – Founded in 1832 and first

located on McMahon Street, close to Hôtel Victoria. Organized for the special use of the

Irish Catholic population by the celebrated Father Patrick McMahon. The first mass was

celebrated on July 7th, 1833. In 1833, the number of parishioners of Saint Patrick

numbered more than 6000.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_patrick.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/938.html

Haute Ville (Upper Town) - Cholera Burying Ground (1832) - The cemetery located on

Grande Allée was opened during the year of the first cholera in 1832, and was in use

until 1856. In 1832 alone, the cholera epidemic killed 3,451 individuals, the majority of

whom were Irish.

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/digitalized-archives/quebec-city-irish-famine-relief-

fund-contributors/

Québec (city) – St. Patrick’s High School (St. Pat’s) (1843) – Located on rue de

Maisonneuve (De Salaberry Street) & McMahon Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_High_School_(Quebec_City)

https://www.cqsb.qc.ca/en/st-patrick-high-school

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/saint_jean_baptiste/int

eret/irlandais_origine_quebec.aspx

https://www.convention.qc.ca/en/events/175-st-patricks-high-school-reunion/

Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Saint Luke (Marine Hospital Catholic Mission) (1847) –

Compared with other much larger hospitals of the region, Saint Luke appears to have

been the hospital of the Irish community. In 1847, hundreds of Irish immigrants who had

been deemed to be in good health at the Grosse IÎe Quarantine Station, downstream on

the St. Lawrence River, were confirmed with the dreaded disease of the typhus. A

substantial number of these Irish emigrants would succumb from this plague in various

hospitals of the region including Saint Luke. See also Grosse Île (further down)

www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/2010/07/22/hopital-de-la-marine

http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-17326.1

https://www.google.com/search?q=Marine+Hospital+Qu%C3%A9bec&tbm=isch&tbo=

u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjugrDpl7nfAhXCSt8KHQkZA_oQsAR6BAgAEA

E &biw=805&bih=588

Beauport – Nativity of Notre Dame (1854) - First organized in 1673. In an 1832

document prepared by the Immigration Agent at the Port of Québec, Beauport was listed

as being a choice destination of would-be Irish settlers. I was able to ascertain that the

first Irish marriage took place in 1854, which might indicate that Irish marriages,

baptisms and burials were conducted at nearby Notre Dame Cathedral.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/la-nativite-de-notre-dame-church/

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/843.html

Sillery - Saint-Colomban of Sillery (Saint-Michael) (1855) - The second Irish Church in

Québec City – Rev. Peter Henry Harkin, a priest from Ireland, was the first pastor of the

new church from 1855. His successor, Father Alexander Eustace Maguire, requested

and served as Pastor of the Catholic Mission at Grosse-Île in 1871. His uncle, Bishop

E. J. Horan, served as pastor at the Island Mission in 1847. Father Maguire did not

survive the ordeal of Grosse Île. The church no longer exists, it has been replaced by

Saint-Michael of Sillery

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/st-michel-de-sillery-church/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_michel.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1070.html

Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Saint Brigid’s Home (1856) – An institution to help

orphans, the destitute and the elderly. First organized in Old Quebec, in 1858 it moved

to the vast plot of land occupied by the cholera cemetery at the corner of Grande Allée

and Avenue de Salaberry.

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/saint_jean_baptiste/int

eret/irlandais_origine_quebec.aspx

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/AfficherCim.asp?MP=F3&CID=1027

Champlain Ward – Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help - The Irish Chapel - Notre-

Dame de la Garde (1860) – Located from about 1860 in a former school for Irish boys,

this chapel was located near the Port of Quebec, on Champlain Street. This church was

the second home to many of the Irish dock workers. The region was also known as the

Cove or Cap Blanc (White Cove) and the Irish referred to it as Champlain Ward. Many

of the Irish workers of that region worked at the nearby Bell & Taylor Shipyards, building

ships. The many wharves along the St. Lawrence River in Lower Town were the landing

places of the immigrants between 1814 and the early 1920s. All marriages, baptisms

and burials would have been carried-out at Saint Patrick or Notre Dame Cathedral.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/notre-dame-de-la-garde-church/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_notre_dame_de_la_garde.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/922.html

Vieux Québec (Old Quebec) - Sacred Heart Hospital (1874) – From 1874 to 1935, Irish

baptisms and marriages were performed in the Hospital Chapel. Church registers can

be found among those of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

https://www.ciusss-capitalenationale.gouv.qc.ca/centre-dhebergement-sacre-coeur

http://www.banq.qc.ca/ressources_en_ligne/intruments_rech_archivistique/hopitaux/sa

creCoeurJesus.html

http://expong.cieq.ca/institution.php?-institution=134

Saint Jean Baptiste Ward - Saint John the Baptist (Saint Jean-Baptiste) (1886) – First

opened in 1860, the region consisted of blue-collar tenements. French Canadians and

Irish families inter-married as early as 1886.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_jean_baptiste.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/934.html

Cap Rouge - Saint Félix (1889) – First organized in 1862 and located west of Sainte

Foy and Sillery, this farming community was blessed with fertile land along the shores

of the St. Lawrence River. I was able to trace the first Irish marriage at the parish in

1889.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/saint-felix-de-cap-rouge-church/

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_felix_de_valois.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/857.html

Charlesbourg - Notre Dame des Laurentides (1905) – Originally located slightly north

of Quebec City, it is now part of the urban region. In the early 1900’s and before, the

region was prime farming country.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_notre_dame_des_laurentides.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/860.html

Québec – Haute-Ville (Up-town) - Très Saint Sacrement (1921) – Located in the

neighbourhood of Laval University (Université de Laval). Many Irish descendants of the

early immigrants became business and professional leaders of the capital city.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_tres_saint_sacrement.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/940.html

Québec - Haute-Ville (Up-town) – Saints Martyrs (1928) - Located in an upscale region

of the city.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saints_martyrs_canadiens.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/936.html

Grosse Île

In the spring of 1847, a ship brought 241 miserable immigrants fleeing the Great Famine

of Ireland. They anchored off Grosse Île, an island below Québec City where immigrants

with typhus, cholera, and smallpox were quarantined. The Irish immigrants had brought

an epidemic that eventually spread throughout Canada. In the cemetery below

Telegraph Hill on Grosse Île stands a monument which says: “In this secluded spot lie

the mortal remains of 5424 persons who, fleeing from pestilence and famine in Ireland

in the year 1847, found in America but a grave”

https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP7CH1PA5LE.html

Saint Luke of Grosse Ile (Saint Luc) (1834)

https://carraigbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/eyewitness-grosse-ile-1847/

https://books.google.com/books?id=VJvABgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=St.+Luke+

Anglican+Grosse-Ile&source=bl&ots=EZwehhLdFf&sig=-

hhj6DHVDWUz5O4WbjuhVERIqrc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA0MjCsrnfAhXIuFkKHdWIA

UIQ6AEwBXoECAIQAQ - v=onepage&q=St.%20Luke%20Anglican%20Grosse-Ile&f=false

Saint John the Evangelist (Anglican) (1823)

https://carraigbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/eyewitness-grosse-ile-1847/

https://books.google.com/books?id=VJvABgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=St.

+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-Ile&source=bl&ots=EZwehhLdFf&sig=-

hhj6DHVDWUz5O4WbjuhVERIqrc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA0MjCsrnfAhXIuFkK

HdWIAUIQ6AEwBXoECAIQAQ - v=onepage&q=St.%20Luke%20Anglican%20Grosse-

Ile&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=2heOAAAAMAAJ&q=St.+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-

Ile&dq=St.+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-

Ile&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi66u6FtLnfAhVCnOAKHTfyB9kQ6AEILjAB

Grosse Île Quarantine Station (1832-1937)

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-

grosse-ile-1832-1937/Pages/immigrants-grosse-ile.aspx

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-

grosse-ile-1832-1937/Pages/immigrants-grosse-ile.aspx - c

https://books.google.com/books?id=VJvABgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=St.

+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-Ile&source=bl&ots=EZwehhLdFf&sig=-

hhj6DHVDWUz5O4WbjuhVERIqrc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA0MjCsrnfAhXIuFkK

HdWIAUIQ6AEwBXoECAIQAQ - v=onepage&q=St.%20Luke%20Anglican%20Grosse-

Ile&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=D77BvmFwDogC&pg=PA143&dq=St.+Luke+Angli

can+Grosse-

Ile&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi66u6FtLnfAhVCnOAKHTfyB9kQ6AEINjAD -

v=onepage&q=St.%20Luke%20Anglican%20Grosse-Ile&f=false

North Shore of the St. Lawrence

Between 1820 and 1830, the Irish immigrants moved into Portneuf County and joined

the Scottish Protestants who had previously established the area some 20 years prior.

Towns such as Sainte Catherine of Jacques Cartier, Saint Gabriel of Valcartier,

Shannon, Tewksbury, Stoneham and Lake Beauport became the new homes of the Irish

in these northern communities.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Portneuf County

Many North Americans of Irish descent will tell you that their Irish ancestors first lived in

the Portneuf region near Quebec City. The region attracted Irish and Scottish farmers

as early as 1816. The quality of the land is fertile and ideal for small farm owners.

Portneuf County is located along the northern shores of the St. Lawrence River, slightly

upstream and west of Quebec City. The leading Irish communities of Portneuf County

and nearby Quebec County were Sainte Catherine of Jacques Cartier (1832), Wexford

Road of St. Gabriel of Valcartier (1820), Saint Gabriel of Valcartier (1820), Stoneham

(1824), St. Dunstan (1830), Pont Rouge (1834) with surrounding communities such as

Portneuf, St. Raymond, St. Basile, St. Christine and others. Most were farming

communities with 50-acre farms. The region in the 1830’s was a primary destination for

Irish farmers with a North American destination who were willing to settle on a small

acreage.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Genealogy of Valcartier, Quebec – Patricia Balkcom

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Deschambault (Portneuf) – Saint Joseph (1798) - In 1832, the Government of Lower

Canada issued a document addressed to Irish settlers arriving at the Port of Quebec,

suggesting that Portneuf County was a prime destination for Irish homesteaders.The

region’s towns included Deschambault, Tewksbury, Val Cartier, Beauport, Stoneham,

Jacques Cartier and the town of Portneuf.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Ste-Catherine-de

Fossambault Catholic Church.htm

https://archivesacrq.org/archives-de-paroisses-dessertes-et-missions/archives-de-

paroisses-dessertes-missions-et-centres-dieu/

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/870.html

Shannon of Jacques Cartier – Saint-Joseph’s Mission (1830) - The Shannon mission

church no longer exists, but the small Irish community is still active to this day and some

of their parishioners are members of the Québec City Region of English Speaking

Religious Organizations, which includes Protestant and Catholic church groups.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Ste-Catherine-de

Fossambault Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Saint Catherine of Jacques Cartier - Sainte-Catherine (1832) – This parish had the

largest congregational base of Irish parishioners in Portneuf County; the first Irish

marriage occurred in 1832.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Ste-Catherine-de

Fossambault Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

https://archivesacrq.org/archives-de-paroisses-dessertes-et-missions/archives-de-

paroisses-dessertes-missions-et-centres-dieu/

Fossambault of Portneuf & Pont Rouge – Saint Patrick (1832) – Between 1821 and

1828, the Seigneury of Fossambault granted acreage suitable for farming to Andrew

Wilson, George Thompson, John McCord and James Morrow on the Brulé Range.

These four families were the first Irish settlers west of St. Catherine of Portneuf.

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/919.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/918.html

Belcourt - Portneuf - Saint Basile du Sud de Portneuf (1847) - Baptisms and marriages

of French language families and Irish families can be found among the church records

of this parish from 1847 onward.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_basile.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/959.html

St. Raymond of Portneuf - Saint Raymond (1845) – Another Irish, French Canadian

parish of the region.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_raymond.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1047.html

Saint Augustin – Saint Augustin (1845) – First organized in 1691 and located along the

banks of the St. Lawrence River, just west of Cap Rouge, Sainte Foy and Sillery. The

region in the 1800’s was most likely the best fertile land for farming in the Quebec City

region. To this day, large farms are still operational. The first Irish settlers in the region

worshipped at this church from about 1845 onward.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_augustin_de_desmaures.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/957.html

Saint Alban – Saint Alban (1859) - First organized in 1856, the parish welcomed among

its ranks the Irish families in 1859.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_alban.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/949.html

Tewksbury – Saint James (Saint-Jacques) (1865) – The region was first served by a

mission as early as 1865, most likely as a mission of Stoneham or Saint Gabriel of

Jacques Cartier. Only in 1921 did the church of Saint James opened its doors. The

church still exists today, although it is only open during the summer months. Tewksbury

was decreed by the management of the Port of Quebec in 1832 as a recommended

destination for would-be Irish homesteaders. Please note that the town of Tewksbury is

part of the County of Quebec, but the town has been associated with Portneuf County

by many family lineages researchers.

https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_stoneham_et_tewkesbury.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1072a.html

Portneuf - Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows (Notre-Dane des Sept Douleurs) (1889) -

First organized in 1861, the parish welcomed its first Irish families around 1889.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_portneuf.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/919.html

Pont Rouge – Sainte Jeanne Chapel (1889) – First organized in 1869, around 1889 it

became another small Irish community. Pont Rouge is located west of Saint Catherine

of Jacques Cartier. The region was once a vibrant Irish farming destination. The latter is

also a participating member of the present-day English Community of Quebec City

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pont_rouge.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/918.html

Donnacona – Saint Agnès (1917) – The Irish of the region prior to 1917 worshipped in

Shannon. A few Irish families were also found in two neighbouring villages, Cap Santé

and Les Écureuils. By the 1980’s most of the Irish of Donnacona had left the region.

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_donnacona_sainte_agnes.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/871.html

Québec County

This county encompass the towns and villages of L’Ancienne-Lorette, Lac Beauport,

Quebec City, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Wendake and

others.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Loretteville – Saint-Ambroise (1818) - As early as 1818, a few Irish families settled at

Loretteville near present-day Québec International Airport.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/st_ambroise_loretteville_extracted_bapt

isms.pdf

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_ambroise_de_la_jeune_lorette.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/904.html

https://www.saint-ambroise.org/all-project-list/saint-ambroise-de-la-jeune-lorette/

https://www.sgq.qc.ca/images/_SGQ/Publication/p69t2.pdf

Stoneham - Saint-Edmond of Stoneham (1824) - As early as 1817, Irish families, in

addition to American families from Connecticut and Scottish and British families, were

settling the area. The town of Stoneham was recommended in the early 1830’s by the

British authorities as a destination of choice for Irish immigrants who wanted to settle on

their own small farms

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/St. Edmond-de-Stoneham Catholic

Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_stoneham_et_tewkesbury.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1072.html

Saint Gabriel of Valcartier – Saint Gabriel (1843) – First organized in 1820. With Saint

Catherine of Jacques Cartier, Saint Gabriel was the heart of the Irish people of Portneuf

County. The first Irish marriage in 1843.

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of St. Gabriel-de-Valcartier

Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/St. Gabriel's Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/Pew leases for valcartier catholic

Church.htm

https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_saint_gabriel_de_valcartier.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1082.HTML

Beauport & Côte-de-Beaupré Region

The region of Beauport is located east and north of Québec City and its northern limit is

adjacent to the eastern limit of Portneuf County. These two regions located north of

Québec City were first settled by Scottish immigrants between 1780 and 1790 to be

followed from about 1820 to 1830 by Irish farmers. Most of the farms allocated were

small, less than 25 acres in a mountainous region, not suited for the raising of large

crops. The latter does explain the exit of many of the Irish and Scots within three

generations to better lifestyles in southern Québec, Ontario, the West and the U.S.A.

Said region included the villages of Château-Richer, L’Ange-Gardien, Sainte-Anne-de-

Beaupré, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Cap-Tourmente.

https://www.mrccotedebeaupre.com/index.shtml

http://www.cotedebeaupre.com/en/

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=15

Ste-Brigitte de Laval - Sainte Brigitte de Laval (1834) – Located slightly north of Lake

Beauport, the first settlers to the parish were Irish in the early 1830’s. Although the town

of Sainte Brigitte de Laval is located within the county of Montmorency, its northern

region is located next to Portneuf County, so the two regions have been closely

associated.

https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_sainte_brigitte_de_laval.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/963.html

Lac Beauport – Saint Dunstan (1834) – The Irish church opened in 1834. The first

surviving Irish marriage document is dated 1840. The church burned down and no longer

exists.

https://www.sgq.qc.ca/images/_SGQ/Publication/p110t2.pdf

Beauport – Notre Dame (La Nativité) (1854) - First organized in 1671. The first Irish

family was recorded in the parish in 1854.

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/la-nativite-de-notre-dame-church/

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/843.html

Beauport – Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) (1908) – First organized

in 1902. The Irish marriages began in 1908

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_ignace_de_loyola.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/847.html

Montmorency – Saint Gregory (Saint-Grégoire) (1914) – First organized in 1891, the

Irish presence began in 1914

http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_quebec_saint_gregoire.html

http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/846.html

The Irish Street Names in Quebec City

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/powerpoints-of-interest/irish-street-

names/nggallery/thumbnails

The Street Names in Quebec City - 17th Century

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs57093

Quebec City Directories

https://genealogyensemble.com/2015/11/08/quebec-city-directories-2/

Quebec City and the surrounding region – The Seigneuries

https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/seigneuries-of-quebec-city-

and-region.pdf

The cemeteries

Québec (city)

https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1866

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1960840/mount-hermon-cemetery

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=V&SS=Qu%E9bec

Québec (city) Region

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:H%C3%B4pital-

G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_de_Qu%C3%A9bec_Cemetery

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=58

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/saint_roch/interet/cimetier

e_de_l_hopital_general_de_quebec.aspx

Portneuf County

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Cemetery Records Template.htm

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=49

Quebec County

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Cemetery Records Template.htm

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=C&SS=50

La Côte-de-Beaupré

http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=15

Books and Articles

Alidor Aucoin

On Second Avenue Celebrates Theatres Yiddish roots.

http://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/494

Patricia Balkcom

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/More Websites Template.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Biographies and Genealogies Template.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/What's New template.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Emigration Template.htm

Geoffrey Bilson

Macklem Brett

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Christ Church Anglican

Mission.htm

Harold Griffin

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Walter Hicks

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Christ Church Anglican

Mission.htm

J.A. Jordan

http://www.aughty.org/pdf/monument_grosseisle.pdf

Rénald Lessard

https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/hq/2014-v20-n1-hq01395/71733ac/

https://www.septentrion.qc.ca/auteurs/renald-lessard

https://www.google.com/search?ei=E90gXLDAE-

Ok_Qba17CgCA&q=R%C3%A9nald+Lessard+BAnQ+Pistard&oq=R%C3%A9nald+Le

ssard+BAnQ+Pistard&gs_l=psy-

ab.3..33i299l3.3068.12015..13105...0.0..0.136.1111.11j2......0....1..gws-

wiz.......0i22i30j33i160.GhZETahW0Yw

Joe Lonergan

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/powerpoints-of-interest/mount-pleasant/

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Odd S. Lovoll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_S._Lovoll

https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/Odd_S._Lovoll/

https://books.google.com/books?id=VJvABgAAQBAJ&pg=PT126&lpg=PT126&dq=St.

+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-Ile&source=bl&ots=EZwehhLdFf&sig=-

hhj6DHVDWUz5O4WbjuhVERIqrc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA0MjCsrnfAhXIuFkK

HdWIAUIQ6AEwBXoECAIQAQ - v=onepage&q=St.%20Luke%20Anglican%20Grosse-

Ile&f=false

James J. Mangan

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/books-for-sale/

Eileen Reid Marcil

https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17811/22183

https://www.librarything.com/author/marcileileenreid

D. Clark McIntosh

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/c/i/Clark-D-Mcintosh/index.html

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Ste-Catherine-de

Fossambault Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of St. Gabriel-de-Valcartier

Catholic Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of St. Andrew's Presbyterian

Church in Valcartier.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/Seventh Day Adventist Church in

Valcartier.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/St. Peter's Anglican Church in

Stoneham.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/Stoneham Presbyterian Church.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/St. James Episcopal Anglican Church in

Lac Beauport.htm

Bernie Monaghan

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/Arrival of the Blessed Sacrament

Fathers.htm

Majella Murphy

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

Gerald J. Neville

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/index.htm

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/Pew leases for valcartier catholic

Church.htm

John O’Connor

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/powerpoints-of-interest/irish-street-

names/nggallery/thumbnails

John O’Farrell

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Research Guides/The Early Irish in Quebec.htm

Marianna O’Gallagher

https://carraigbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/eyewitness-grosse-ile-1847/

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/marianna-ogallagher/

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Research Guides/The Irish in Quebec.htm

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/books-for-sale/

https://books.google.com/books?id=2heOAAAAMAAJ&q=St.+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-

Ile&dq=St.+Luke+Anglican+Grosse-

Ile&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi66u6FtLnfAhVCnOAKHTfyB9kQ6AEILjAB

Jean Poirier

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs57093

Michael Quigley

http://lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/viewFile/5063/5932

John Robinson

http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Churches/A History of Christ Church Anglican

Mission.htm

Nancy Schmitz

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/books-for-sale/

Repositories

BAnQ Québec

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Centre d'archives de Québec

Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault

Cité universitaire, PO Box 10450

Sainte-Foy, QC

G1V 4N1

Tel.: 418-643-8904

http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ca_quebec.html?lan

guage_id=1

BAnQ Online

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/marcotte/

http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/cartes_plans/index.html?language_id=1

BAnQ Pistard

http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple

http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple?p_anqsid=20181027144

5282021&P_rech_type=A

BAnQ Catalogue - Online research tool of books stored at the 12 repositories of BAnQ

https://cap.banq.qc.ca/

https://cap.banq.qc.ca/advancedsearch/:new

BAnQ Collection numérique

https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/

BAnQ Ask a question

https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/?language_id=1

BAnQ Poser une question

https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html?language_id=3

BAnQ Digital Collection

https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/index.html?language_id=1

BAnQ – Port de Québec (Port of Quebec)

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1952366

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1952350

LAC – Library Archives Canada

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-

grosse-ile-1832-1937/Pages/immigrants-grosse-ile.aspx

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx

LAC – Library Archives Canada – Port of Québec

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-

bac/results/arch?form=arch_simple&lang=eng&FormName=MIKAN+Simple+Search&

PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&HighLightFields=title%2Cname&Language=eng

&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1

=Port+of+Quebec&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=A

ND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media%5B%5D=&Level=&MaterialDateOperator

=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&cainInd=&ResultCount=10

Archdiocèse de Québec – Archives

https://archivesacrq.org/collections/archives/archives-reliees-a-des-groupes-ethniques/

https://archivesacrq.org/collections/bibliotheque-du-college-des-jesuites/

Ville de Québec – l’accent d’Amérique

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/saint_jean_baptiste/int

eret/irlandais_origine_quebec.aspx

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/saint_jean_baptiste/int

eret/irlandais_origine_quebec.aspx

Irish Heritage Quebec

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/books-for-sale/

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/genealogy/

http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/

Literary and Historical Society of Quebec – Morrin Centre – 1824-2018

http://www.gamacheseries.com/bury-your-dead-real-place/

https://quillandquire.com/uncategorized/2016/02/29/spaces-the-literary-and-historical-

society-of-quebec/

Corporation du Patrimoine et du tourisme religieux de Québec

http://www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/la-nativite-de-notre-dame-church/

Quebec City Region Directory of Residents – 1822-1976

http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/marcotte/

Quebec Gazette – 1764-1863

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1962952

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2353914

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-quebec-chronicle-telegraph-

celebrates-250-years-in-print

Gazette officielle du Québec – Quebec Official Gazette – 1869-1995

http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/nouvelles/nouvelle.html?langu

age_id=1&n_id=915189fb-24cb-491d-a3ee-c5fac64cd01e

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ressources/details/GOQ1

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-quebec-chronicle-telegraph-

celebrates-250-years-in-print

Quebec Chronicle and Gazette – 1863-1925

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1963257?docsearchtext=Quebe

c%20Chronicle

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1962736?docsearchtext=Quebe

c%20Chronicle

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1850848?docsearchtext=Quebe

c%20Chronicle

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1963257?docsearchtext=Quebe

c%20Chronicle

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1962952

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2363454

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-quebec-chronicle-telegraph-

celebrates-250-years-in-print

Quebec Daily Telegraph and Chronicle Telegraph – 1925-1934

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-quebec-chronicle-telegraph-

celebrates-250-years-in-print

Chronicle Telegraph – 1934 to the present

http://www.qctonline.com/&com.dotmarketing.htmlpage.language=3

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-the-quebec-chronicle-telegraph-

celebrates-250-years-in-print

Genealogy Québec

https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3PvlnbuQ3AIVAlgNCh1

Q4A-AEAAYASAAEgI5nvD_BwE

FamilySearch.org

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Quebec_Online_Genealogy_Records

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Finding_an_Irish_Ancestor_Using_Canadian_Re

cords

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ireland_Emigration_and_Immigration

Ancestry.com

https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091&geo_a=t&geo_s=ca&geo_t=u

s&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41014&o_lid=41014&o_sch=Web+Property

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3612

https://search.ancestry.com/Places/Canada/Quebec/Default.aspx?category=40&ldf=2

Findmypast.com

https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?keywordsplace=quebec

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742

Société de génalogie de Québec

https://www.sgq.qc.ca/

Quebec Family History Society

https://qfhs.ca/cpage.php?pt=9

Researched and compiled by: Jacques Gagné

gagne.jacques@sympatico.ca

First posting 2012-08-22 (May 20, 2014?)

Revised and Upgraded 2018-12-31