Justine Lacoste-Beaubien (October 1, 1877 – January 17, 1967) was one of the founders of the
children's hospital
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Sainte-Justine Hospital.
Born in
Montreal
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, the daughter of
Alexandre Lacoste and
Marie-Louise Globensky, she married Louis de Gaspé-Beaubien, son of Hon.
Louis Beaubien, in 1899. Her maternal great-grandfather was born in
Berlin
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to a family of
Polish
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* Polish language
* Poles
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origin.
In 1934 Lacoste-Beaubien was made an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
"for services for sick and crippled children; in founding and extending the St. Justine Hospital".
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References
Lacoste family
Beaubien-Casgrain family
Globensky family
1877 births
1967 deaths
Canadian people of Polish descent
Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People from Montreal
Philanthropists from Quebec
Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
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