Keywords: French Canadians
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"… Biddeford during the 1860s, thousands of French Canadian, Irish, and some west European immigrants migrated to Biddeford and Saco to work in…"
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"Due to the influx of French-Canadians and the animosity between the French and Irish Catholics, a separate church--St."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford
"… from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians, plus the successful manufacturing at the many mills, combined to foster a lively…"
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"… in no small part due to the many talented French-Canadians who had moved here. One of the most famous musicians of this time was Pierre Painchaud…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3
"… first textile mills and the first French-Canadian immigrant. In 1855 this growth manifested itself in Biddeford's transition from town to city…"
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"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."
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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"… bringing with it a growing workforce of French Canadians, Irish, and other newly arriving ethnic groups."
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"… financially advantageous factors, heavy Irish and Canadian immigration occurred. The 1830 and 1860 Biddeford census show a rise from 1,995…"
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"The French too were interested in lands of this area, but were largely content to trade and in some cases convert the native peoples to Catholicism."
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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's
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"For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by…"
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"A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001) Demeritt, David."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History
"… a vacuum in the woods, which was filled by French Canadian and Scandinavian immigrants. Instead of pine, they turned to cutting spruce for lumber…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans
"… by disease, violence, and European (American and Canadian) encroachment. By the 1880s, native Maliseet and Mi’kmaq populations were near an…"
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"All of the customs from these people were put into one new culture. Many parts from the English culture, the Swedish culture, and the French culture…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"… pounds of coal.” By the turn of the century, the Canadian-invented Diaphone sounded safety through the soup."
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"… to the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its destiny – from trade and fishing in the early years, through the…"
