Category: Female

9th and 10th year students at Magog Academy (1906-1907)

The Order of the Sœurs Marianites de Sainte-Croix et des Sept-Douleurs (n.d.)

The Sainte-Croix nuns arrived in 1885 and were the first religious teachers in Magog. They were the first to occupy the College Street School (from 1885 to 1891) […]

The Order of the Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus (n.d.)

Photograph of Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus nuns taken in front of Saint-Patrice convent. They taught there from 1909 to 1974, that is, until the […]

Florence Lamanda Merry (1843-1928)

Judging by the number of books found in the Merry house belonging to Florence L. Merry, it is highly likely that she was a very cultivated individual. In […]

Françoise Dezainde (circled in red) and her class at the convent of Omerville (n.d.)

Sister Gabrielle des Anges and her students at Sacré-Cœur Convent (n.d.)

Students taking the business course at Saint-Patrice Convent in 1953

The business course was training that enabled young women to get an office or secretarial job. During this training, they were taught the rudiments of typing and stenography[1]. […]

Students from Ste. Marguerite Convent (n.d.)