Honoré Beaugrand
French Canadian journalist and politician (1848-1906)
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- Honoré Beaugrand (24 March 1848 – 7 October 1906) was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Quebec.
- His father, Louis Beaugrand, was a sailor married to Marie-Josephte Marion.
- As a young graduate from military school Beaugrand joined the French military forces under General Bazaine in Mexico, supporting the ill-fated emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
- After some months he moved to New Orleans in 1868 and became a journalist.
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Honoré Beaugrand (24 March 1848 – 7 October 1906) was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Quebec.
Early life
Honoré was born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie on march 24, 1848. His father, Louis Beaugrand, was a sailor married to Marie-Josephte Marion. The couple had 6 kids, 3 boys and 3 girls.
As a young graduate from military school Beaugrand joined the French military forces under General Bazaine in Mexico, supporting the ill-fated emperor Maximilian of Mexico. He returned with those troops to France after the fall of Chapultepec and Maximilian's execution. After some months he moved to New Orleans in 1868 and became a journalist. Subsequently, he wrote for U.S. newspapers in St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, and Lowell and Fall River, Massachusetts.
In 1878, he returned to Canada and founded the newspaper La Patrie in Montreal to take the place of Le National which had recently folded. It ceased publication in 1957, after 78 years. In August 1879 he acquired Le Canard from publisher and satirist Hector Berthelot. He made a name as a political writer and reporter, and in 1885 received the cross of the French Légion d'honneur.
He became a freemason in 1873 and took part in the foundation of Montreal Émancipation lodge in 1897.
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