Casimir-Amable Testard de Montigny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Casimir-Amable Testard de Montigny
- Casimir-Amable Testard de Montigny (June 2, 1787 – January 10, 1863) was a businessman and politician in Quebec.
- He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1827. He was born in Montreal, the son of Louis-Étienne Testard de Montigny who was the grandson of Jacques Testard de Montigny, 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 Saint-Jérôme.
- 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 Lower Canada Rebellion and was imprisoned by the Patriotes 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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