• Joseph "Jos" Montferrand (French: [ʒozɛf mɔ̃fɛʁɑ̃]; born Joseph Favre [favʁ]; October 25, 1802 – October 4, 1864) was a French-Canadian logger, strongman...
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    woodsman who supposedly kicked knots off frozen logs barefooted, and Joseph Montferrand (better known as Big Joe Mufferaw), the French-Canadian known for...
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  • woodsman from the Ottawa Valley, loosely based on real-life lumberjack Joseph Montferrand Johnny Chinook, a Métis cowboy and rancher in Alberta. Sam McGee,...
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  • Jesse Marunde John Matuszak Billy Meeske Trey Mitchell Tarmo Mitt Joseph Montferrand Andrus Murumets Tom Magee Martin Muhr Kodi Rammurthy Naidu (1882–1942)...
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    folk hero, Big Joe Mufferaw, who is based on real-life Joseph Montferrand (French: Jos Montferrand), who is often credited as a lumberjack from the Ottawa...
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    storytellers transformed a real historical figure, the Quebec lumberjack Joseph Montferrand, into "Joe Muffreau" or "Big Joe Mufferaw". Other lumberjack heroes...
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  • the last 60 years in the 13 November 2006 issue of Time Magazine. Joseph Montferrand – Canada, a larger than life French Canadian woodsman popularly known...
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  • Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801) 1864 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802) 1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos...
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  • 1802 – Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (d. 1828) 1802 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864) 1803 – Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish...
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    Auguste de Montferrand (French: [ogyst də mɔ̃fɛʁɑ̃]; Russian: Огюст Монферран, romanized: Ogyust Monferran; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French...
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  • W.O. Mitchell (2000) Leo Mol (2002) John Molson (1986) Joseph Montferrand (1992) Louis Joseph de Montcalm (1908) Lucy Maud Montgomery (1975) Édouard Montpetit...
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  • Irish-Catholic immigrants, led by Peter Aylen, and French Canadians, led by Joseph Montferrand. The war began when Aylen, a major Irish timber operator, organized...
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    General Hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Isabel Connors and Thomas Joseph Sullivan. Isabel's family were Irish Protestants, and his maternal grandfather...
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  • curator Melchior Mbonimpa, writer and academic Marc Méthot, NHL player Joseph Montferrand (1802–1864), logger, inspiration for Big Joe Mufferaw legend Blain...
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  • the basis for many Paul Bunyan stories. They include tales about Joseph Montferrand ("Joe Muffreau" or "Big Joe Mufferaw"), Julius Neville, Louis Cyr...
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  • Irish workers and called himself "King of the Shiners". The logger Joseph Montferrand took the side of the French-Canadians, inspiring many tales elevating...
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  • Ottawa River. At one time, the legendary French-Canadian lumberjack Joseph Montferrand worked for Bowman on the upper Ottawa. Bowman was a justice of the...
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    restrictions Lumber industry Big Joe Mufferaw, a Canadian tall tale Joseph Montferrand, the inspiration for Big Joe Mufferaw himself "Logging in the Ottawa...
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    Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Joseph Montferrand (1802-1864), a logger of imposing stature and extraordinary physical...
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    Alexander Column (category Auguste de Montferrand buildings and structures)
    Alexander Column was designed by the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand, built between 1830 and 1834 with Swiss-born architect Antonio Adamini...
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  • designed by Auguste de Montferrand, is unveiled. October 7 – Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch...
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    name to the whole town in 848, to which the small episcopal town of Montferrand was attached in 1731, together taking the name of Clermont-Ferrand. The...
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    administrator (1469-1472) Giuliano della Rovere (1472-1476) Benoît de Montferrand (1476-1491) Aymon de Montfalcon (1491-1517) Sébastien de Montfalcon (1517-1536/60)...
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    college of his native city. He then entered the Sulpician-run seminary of Montferrand in 1831, and upon completing his course in philosophy and theology, was...
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    d'Auvergne, troubadour and patron of troubadours, Count of Clermont and Montferrand Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), mathematician, inventor, Christian apologist...
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  • as the last level: there is no departmental championship Refers to AS Montferrand Football who are a U20 team. Entrance of the team from Saint Pierre and...
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    Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf fʁɑ̃swa puʒula]; 28 January 1808, Montferrand-la-Fare – 5 January 1880, Paris), was a...
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  • Französische Botschaft in Deutschland, Lebenslauf Botschafter Bernard de Montferrand Archived 25 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine "officiel de la République...
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    seminary at Clermont and theological coursework in the Major seminary at Montferrand, where he was trained by the Sulpician Fathers (Society of Saint-Sulpice)...
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  • status in part of his county, especially Beaumont, Chamalières, and Montferrand. From this smaller county raised, in 1302, the Dauphinate of Auvergne...
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