Background
He was the eldest son of Louis-Joseph Papineau, a leader in the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada, and was involved in the rebellion himself. His father was forced to flee, and Amédée followed him to Saratoga Springs, New New York
He was the eldest son of Louis-Joseph Papineau, a leader in the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada, and was involved in the rebellion himself. His father was forced to flee, and Amédée followed him to Saratoga Springs, New New York
And present at the meeting at which the Société des Fils de la Liberté was founded. Between 1837 and 1842, he drew up the first four books of his personal journal as Journal d"un Fils de la Liberté in which he chronicled the events of the 1837 rebellion and his life in exile. In 1846 Amédée married Mary Eleanor Westcott in Saratoga Springs.
She was 25.
Both marriages produced children. One of Amédée Papineau"s grandchildren was nicknamed "Tan" Papineau. Tan considered himself to be a "black sheep" of the Papineau family.
He lived off of the grounds of Chateau Montebello, in the Manoir, Montebello Queen's Counsel, but was employed summers at Camp Lewis, a Montreal boy"s welfare camp located outside of Saint Adolphe d"Howard, Queen's Counsel. Tan was in charge of the boat house, maintaining the canoes, row boats and other equipment.
Tan"s connections and interactions with First Nations people helped form the content from which Camp Lewis" folk lore tales, and First Nations costumes, and 16 to 20 foot tripper canoes and authentic totem poles for the camp were gleaned.