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Aeneas studied at the seminary of Paris and was ordained a priest in 1835.
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Aeneas Dawson
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Until 1840 he laboured on the mission of Dumfries, Scotland, and subsequently in Edinburgh. He was in Dunfermline in 1846. Before emigrating to Canada in 1855, he had successive charge of the counties of Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan.
On his arrival in Canada he was given the parish of Saint Andrew"s, Ottawa, and later became preacher at the cathedral.
Dawson was a lecturer of repute and a frequent contributor to the provincial press He was the brother of two politicians William McDonell Dawson and Simon James Dawson.
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic