François-Réal Angers

François-Réal Angers (Point-with-Tremble, Quebec November 20th, 1812 - Quebec, Quebec March 27th, 1860), is a lawyer, an author and a journalist Québécois of the 19th century. It is especially known for its fictionalized account the Revelations of the crime or Cambray and its accomplices , published in 1837.

Biography

François-Réal Angers is a good representing of this small French-speaking Bourgeoisie of liberal professions which is in full growth with the Low-Canada during the first four decades of the 19th century, dominating the political culture of the colony. These people of French-speaking liberal professions, mainly Notary S and lawyer S, will develop in a way progressive a culture of people of right, founded on the eloquence and the writing. Resulting from a family of farmers, François-Réal Angers is born the Quebec on November 20th, 1812 with Point-with-Tremble of François Angers, farmer, and of Larue Marie-of-Angels. He carries out his traditional studies with the Petit Seminar of Quebec. Early proof of its taste for the literature, whereas he studies the humanities, he takes part on December 9th, 1830, with some school-fellows, with the foundation of transitory a literary Société which saw only four months, first company of the kind to being setting-up at the Small Seminar.

In 1833, the newspapers the Canadian , the Gazette of Quebec and Minerve put their joint resources to engage François-Réal Angers and J. - Andre Taschereau as parliamentary correspondents charged to bring back the debates of the legislative Assemblée of Low-Canada.

Extremely of this experiment, it publishes with account of author in 1836, whereas he is always student in right, his Système of shorthand, applicable to French and English , which undoubtedly explains, according to David Mr. Hayne, its nomination as rapporteur official of debates of Room of assembly of Low-Canada (a function whom he fills until the Union), to be received shortly after with the bar, on October 6th, 1837.

A few front months, in July 1837, it had published the Revelations of the crime or Cambray and its accomplices: Canadian chronicles of 1834 , fictionalized account of the misdeeds, flights, Sacrilege S and Murder S of a band of brigands having prevailed with Quebec of 1834 to 1837.

About the same time (1836-1843), it makes appear in various newspapers some poems of romantic inspiration being attached to the political situation ( the Future , Réconciliation , the Voice of a shade , With saint Jean-Baptiste ) or drawing left the epopee and the legend ( Chant of the Canadian traveller , the gold Dog).

After being become lawyer in 1837, Angers quickly forsakes the literature to be devoted especially to the exercise of the right and the drafting of legal studies. From October 1845 in September 1848, he is joint editor, with Sylvain Lelièvre, of the Revue legislation and jurisprudence , one older collections of the decisions of the courts of Low-Canada according to the historians Andre Beaulieu and Jean Hamelin. This review which returns account, often in English language, of more interesting lawsuits of the time, accompanied by legal comments on the litigious points , the cases colligent which make Jurisprudence, attempts to explain the laws in force and their multiple implications, Angers defends the interests of the censitaires between 1854 and 1856 front the Court seigneuriale chaired by Louis-Hippolyte the Fountain, charged with considering the complaints formulated following the abolition of the mode seigneurial. According to one of its biographers, Aurélien Boivin, during the long debates which marked the hearing of the many causes, it appeared an eminent lawyer and a speaker as talented as convincing . April 4th of this year, he marries with Holy-Marie-of-the-News-Beauce Louise-Adele Taschereau (1822-1849), girl of Antoine-Charles Taschereau, Député with the Chambre from assembly of Low-Canada (1830-1838), then with the legislative Assemblée of the province of Canada (1841-1844) and Adelaide Fleury of Gorgendière, girl of the lord of Deschambault.

Angers and his first wife raise like their son Auguste-Réal Angers, who will know a remarkable political career.

Widower since August 29th, 1849 of Louise-Adele Taschereau, it remarie within an other influential family in the legal and political mediums, Panet , while marrying with Quebec, on November 23rd, 1853, Louise Panet (1830-1894), girl of the lawyer Charles Panet, appointed preserving with the legislative Parliament of Quebec of 1858 to 1861, niece of Philippe Panet, judge with the Court of Appeal of Quebec as well as notary Louis Panet, member of the Legislative council of Quebec, then senator. From this second bed are born two boys and a girl.

One of its nephews is the poet and journalist William Chapman.

He dies in Quebec the Quebec on March 27th, 1860 and is buried four days later with Point-with-Tremble

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