Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Ville-Marie, now the city of Montreal.
Maisonneuve's Portrait by Benjamin Sulte
Maisonneuve Monument at Place d'Armes
Mount Royal Cross. The first was erected by Paul de Chomdey de Maisonneuve on January 6, 1643
Projet Maisonneuve Monument, Canadian Illustrated News, 12 April 1879
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière was a French nobleman who spent his life in serving the needs of the poor. A founder of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, he also helped to establish the French colony of Montreal. He was the founder of the Congregation of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, Religious Sisters dedicated to the care of the sick poor and has been declared venerable by the Catholic Church.
A bust of de la Dauversière in La Flèche, France
Gaston de Rentry, Pierre Chevrier, baron de Fancamp, Jean-Jacques Olier, and Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière
Montreal founders
Coat of arms of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal