Louis-Joseph-Amédée Papineau, or Amédée Papineau (1819–1903) was a writer and Québecois patriot and present at the meeting at which the was founded. He was the eldest son of Louis-Joseph Papineau, a leader in the

Rebellion of 1837 Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

, and was involved in the rebellion himself. His father was forced to flee, and Amédée followed him to Saratoga Springs, New York. Between 1837 and 1842, he drew up the first four books of his personal journal as
Journal d'un Fils de la Liberté
' in which he chronicled the events of the 1837 rebellion and his life in exil

In 1846 Amédée married Mary Eleanor Westcott in Saratoga Springs. After her death in 1890, he converted from Catholicism to Presbyterianism, and in 1896 married Martha Jane Iona Curren. She was 25. Both marriages produced children. He is the grandfather of Major

Talbot Mercer Papineau Major Talbot Mercer Papineau, Military Cross, MC (25 March 1883 – 30 October 1917) was a lawyer and decorated soldier from Quebec, Canada. Life and career Born in Montebello, Quebec, he was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau and great-grandson of ...

and the uncle of the journalist Henri Bourassa, the founder of the newspaper Le Devoir.

Bibliography

* ''Journal d'un Fils de la Liberté (1838-1855)''. Sillery, Septentrion, 1998, 957 p. (Rough translation : journal of a son of liberty(1838-1855). * ''Souvenirs de jeunesse (1822-1837)''. Sillery, Septentrion, 1998, 134 p. (Rough translation : Childhood memories (1822-1837) * ''Lettres d'un voyageur. D'Édimbourg à Naples en 1870-1871''. . Québec, Éditions Nota bene, 2002, 416 p. (Rough translation :letters of a traveler. From Edinburgh to Naples.) * Aubin, Georges et Renée Blanchet, ''Amédée Papineau, correspondance 1831-1841'', tome I. Montréal, Éditions Michel Brûlé, 2009, 543 p. (Rough translation :Amédée Papineau Correspondence tom 1 :1831-1841) * Aubin, Georges et Renée Blanchet, ''Amédée Papineau, correspondance 1842-1846'', tome II. Montréal, Éditions Michel Brûlé, 2010, 471 p. (Rough translation :Amédée Papineau Correspondence tom 2 :1842-1846)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Papineau, Amedee 1819 births 1903 deaths French Quebecers Lower Canada Rebellion people