Louis-Pierre Gravel
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Louis-Pierre Gravel was a French Canadian missionary and colonizer who founded the town of Gravelbourg in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Stanfold (now called Princeville), Quebec on August 8, 1868 and was ordained as priest on August 28, 1892 after finishing his studies at seminaries in Trois-Rivières, Nicolet and Montreal, Quebec. After serving in parishes in New York City from 1892 to 1906, he was asked to found a French Canadian parish in the south-west of Saskatchewan. In 1906, he founded the town of Gravelbourg. Aiding him in his endeavors were five of his brothers, which included Henri and Maurice, both doctors; Alphonse and Emile, both lawyer; Guy, a pharmacist; plus a sister, Laurianne, the wife of Georges Hébert, also a lawyer. He persuaded many French Canadian Catholics to
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Louis-Pierre Gravel
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Louis-Pierre Gravel
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Louis-Pierre Gravel
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Montreal buried in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
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1926-02-10
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Stanfold, Quebec
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1868-08-08
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Louis-Joseph-Cyriaque Gravel
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1926-02-10
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Séminaire de Trois-Rivières
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Séminaire de Nicolet
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Grand Séminaire de Montreal
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Saskatchewan colonizer
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ordained priest 1892-08-28
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Pietro
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Louis-Pierre Gravel was a French Canadian missionary and colonizer who founded the town of Gravelbourg in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Stanfold (now called Princeville), Quebec on August 8, 1868 and was ordained as priest on August 28, 1892 after finishing his studies at seminaries in Trois-Rivières, Nicolet and Montreal, Quebec. After serving in parishes in New York City from 1892 to 1906, he was asked to found a French Canadian parish in the south-west of Saskatchewan. In 1906, he founded the town of Gravelbourg. Aiding him in his endeavors were five of his brothers, which included Henri and Maurice, both doctors; Alphonse and Emile, both lawyer; Guy, a pharmacist; plus a sister, Laurianne, the wife of Georges Hébert, also a lawyer. He persuaded many French Canadian Catholics to settle in the Gravelbourg, Lafleche, Mazenod, Meyronne bloc settlement. Father Gravel died in Montreal on February 10, 1926 and was buried in Gravelbourg.
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Pietro
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Louis-Joseph-Cyriaque Gravel
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