Casimir-Amable Testard De Montigny
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Casimir-Amable Testard de Montigny (June 2, 1787 – January 10, 1863) was a businessman and politician in
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. He represented Effingham in the
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from 1824 to 1827. He was born in
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, the son of Louis-Étienne Testard de Montigny who was the grandson of
Jacques Testard de Montigny Jacques Testard de Montigny (1663–1737) was an officer in the French Marines in Canada. Biography Born in Montreal into a merchant family, Montigny first saw military action as a volunteer on the expedition against Schenectady in 1690. Two yea ...
, and Louise-Archange Gamelin, dit Gaucher. He was educated at the Séminaire de Notre-Dame and the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He became involved in the fur trade, establishing a small settlement on the Rivière du Nord which eventually became
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. Testard de Montigny was married twice: to Marthe Godon in 1815 and to Marie-Louise Allaire in 1855. He served as a major in the militia and a commissioner for small causes. Testard de Montigny remained loyal to the government during the
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and was imprisoned by the
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in 1837. He served on the municipal council for Terrebonne County from 1849 to 1851. Testard de Montigny died in Saint-Jérôme at the age of 75. His daughter Marguerite-Olive married Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villemure.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Testard de Montigny, Casimir-Amable 1787 births 1863 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada