History, News and Stories of Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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• On October 17, 1710, Sieur Claude de Ramesay became the owner of the Seigneurie located near the Scibouet River (so called by the Abenakis because of its muddy waters), which flows into the Yamaska River.
  He wants to build a sawmill there. However, the Sieur de Ramesay will never reside in the Seigniory.
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• Around 1798, the Lord of Ramesay-Bourchemin bought the Lordship but only built a dwelling at the mouth of the Scibouet River, where it flows into the Yamaska.
  
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• In the summer of 1818, Mr. Hugues Lemoyne de Martigny (cousin of Lemoyne d'Iberville) met the Lord of Ramesay-Bourchemin and bought the Seigneurie.
  
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• The first true colonizer, Hugues Lemoyne de Martigny arrived in 1819 with a few strong men and laid the first foundations of the colony.
  
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• 1827 - Église de Saint-Hugues established at Saint-Hugues
  
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• 1827 - In 1827 Saint-Hugues was created as a village, later to be incorporated into the county of Bagot.
  
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• 1830 - Population of Saint-Hugues is 376
  
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• A first church was built in 1835 and in 1843 trustees were appointed to take care of the construction of the current stone presbytery. It will be finished and blessed on January 25, 1847.
  
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• In 1845, the Sieur de Ramesay died and in 1847, the manor became the property of another "Ramsay", a Scottish lord who soon converted to the Catholic religion and became a priest in 1867.
  
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• 1847 - Population of Saint-Hugues was 2,200
  
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• 1873
  ST. HUGUES, a thriving post village of Quebec, capital of the co. of Bagot, 11 miles from St. Hyacinthe. It contains is a church, a tannery, and several stores. Pop. 500.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1895 - St. Hugues
  ST. HUGUES, a thriving post village in Bagot co., Que., on the C.P.R., 13 miles from St. Hyacinthe. It contains 1 church, 1 tannery, 1 cheese factory, several mills and stores. Pop. 500; of parish 2003.
  Crossby, Peter Alfred. Lovell's gazetteer of British North America. (John Lovell & Son)., 1895
  
• 1895 - Saint-Hugues
  Saint Hugues, a post-village of Quebec, capital of the co. of Bagot, 11 miles N.E. of St. Hyacinthe. It contains a church, a tannery, and several stores. P.500.
  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 Hugues, a post-village of Bagot co., Quebec, 11 miles NE. of St. Hyacinthe, on the Canadian Pacific 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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