Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens

Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens (April 11, 1836[1] – December 24, 1906[2]) was a notary, author and politician in Quebec. He served as mayor of Hull from 1889 to 1890. His name also appears as Jean-Éraste[3] and Jean Protais Eraste.[4]

Éraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens
Mayor of Hull, Quebec
In office
1889–1890
Personal details
BornApril 11, 1836
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
DiedDecember 24, 1906
Hull, Quebec

The son of Colonel Protais d'Odet d'Orsonnens and Louise-Sophie Rocher,[3] he was born in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada, and was educated at L'Assomption and at the Jesuit college in Montreal. He went on to study law and was licensed as a notary at the age of 22. D'Orsonnens practised his profession in Montreal, Warwick and Hull. In 1875, he married Marie-Louise Fiset. D'Orsonnens was also a commissioner of the Superior Court of Quebec and chair of the Hull school board. Around the age of 50, he retired from practice as a notary to pursue his developing business.[1] He served on Hull municipal council from 1877 to 1886[4] and from 1890 to 1891.[3]

He published:

  • Felluna, la vierge iroquoise ; Une épluchette de blé-d'inde ; Une résurrection (1856)[5] which is described as the first collection of stories published in Lower Canada[6]
  • Une apparition : épisode de l'émigration irlandaise au Canada (1860)[7]
  • Le moteur centripète (1899)[8]

Rue D'Orsonnens in Hull, now part of Gatineau, was named in his honour.[9]

References
  1. Cochrane, William. The Canadian Album. Volume 5. p. 257. ISBN 9785882975103.
  2. "Registres de l'état civil de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Hull" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. 1906. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. "Jean Protais Eraste d'Odet d'Orsonnens". Répertoire des élus municipaux de l'Outaouais de 1845 à 1975 (in French). Archives nationales du Québec.
  4. "Jean-Éraste-D'Odet D'Orsonnens". Répertoire des élus municipaux de l'Outaouais de 1845 à 1975 (in French). Archives nationales du Québec.
  5. D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1856). Felluna, la vierge iroquoise. Montreal.
  6. Lemire, Maurice (1996). La vie littéraire au Québec (in French). Volume 3. Presses Université Laval. p. 556. ISBN 2763774059.
  7. D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1860). Une apparition : épisode de l'émigration irlandaise au Canada.
  8. D'Odet d'Orsonnens, Éraste (1899). Le moteur centripète. Ottawa.
  9. "Rue D'Orsonnens" (in French). Commission de toponymie Québec.


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