Sévère D'Aoust (or Daoust) born in
Vaudreuil,
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 ...
in the early 19th century, established a village in the region of
Bearbrook in 1854. He later gave part of his land for the construction of a Roman Catholic church in
Sarsfield, Ontario
Sarsfield, Ontario is a village in Cumberland Ward in the east portion of the City of Ottawa in the former township of Cumberland.
The first residents of Sarsfield were mostly French-Canadians from Lower Canada. In 1854, families began to establi ...
in 1886.
Sévère D'Aoust and his wife Odille Adèle St-Denis were Québec farmers before the Roman Catholic bishops from Montréal encouraged farmers to colonize the Eastern area of Ontario. The couple settled in Cumberland Township.
References
Franco-Ontarian people
Canadian Roman Catholics
Settlers of the National Capital Region (Canada)
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
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