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• Saint-Aimé occupies part of the territory of the former seigneury of Bonsecours, granted in 1702 to François Charron, superior of the Hospitaller Brothers of Montreal.
  The territory was sparsely inhabited until 1833, the year of the acquisition of the seigneury of Bonsecours by Mr. Aignan-Aimé Massue, who requested the erection of the parish of Saint-Aimé by his detachment of Saint-Michel-de- Yamaska.
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• 1836 - Église de Saint-Aimé established at Saint-Aimé-de-Massueville
  In 1835, a chapel was built there, replaced in 1843 by the first parish church. grandquebec.com
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• In 1855, the parish municipality of Saint-Aimé was incorporated.
  
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• 1873
  ST. AIME, a post village and parish of Quebec, co. of Richelieu, on the River Yamaska, 50 miles N.E. of .Montreal. The village contains 5 stores; several mills, a church, convent and college. Pop. of parish, 3,150.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1890 - Saint Aime
  "St Aime, vil. and parish, Que., co. Richelieu, on R. Yamaska, 50 m. N E. of Montreal. P. of sub-dist. 2,254"
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
• 1895 - Saint Aime
  Saint Aimé, a post-village of Quebec, co. of Richelieu, on the Yamaska, 50 miles N.E. of Montreal. It has 5 stores, several mills, a church, convent, and college.
  Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  
• 1906
  Saint Aime, a post-village of Quebec, co. of Richelieu, on the Yamaska, 50 miles NE. of Montreal, on the Quebec Southern R.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
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