Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)
1832 - Ste. Marie,

seigniory, in the co. of Beace, is bounded N.E. by the T. of Frampton and the S. of Jolliet; S.W. by St. Giles; in the rear by St. Joseph; in front by St. Etienne. - 3 leagues broad and 2 deep, according to the title. Granted Sept. 23, 1736, to Sieur Taschereau. The principal proprietors now are O. Perrault, Chas. Taschereau, E. Taschereau, Geo. Taschereau, and __ Fortier, Esqrs... The Village of Ste. Marie is the largest and most flourishing on the Chaudiere; it consists of 39 houses, including the manor-house, two seignorial houses, a custom-house and two good inns; this is also a church with a parsonage-house. At the convent, a well-built stone edifice of 2 stores, 20 to 25 girls are instructed. There are two annual fairs, one held in March and the other in Sept. - In this S. there are nearly 900 families. The number of persons both willing and able to make new settlements is not considerable, as may be inferred from the fact, that all those young persons who have lately taken lands have not as yet erected any buildings; the lands taken and those not taken are all of good quality. This S. is situated on the public road from Quebec to Boston, by the Kennebec road.

Population 4,600
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Convents 1
Schools 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 1
Carding-mills 3
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 14
Tanneries 2
Potteries 1
Potasheries 1
Pearlasheries 1
Medical men 1
Notaries 1
Shopkeepers 6
Taverns 4
Artisans 31

A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832

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