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A career military man of Scottish origin, JAMES CUTHBERT I (1719?-1798) settled in Quebec City in December 1762, as a member of General Murray's staff. After leaving the army, he purchased the seigneury of Berthier in 1765 and, between 1770 and 1781, acquired Lanoraie and D'Autray, as well as Du Sablé and Maskinongé. He also owned a summer home in Beauport and, in December 1797, bought several properties in Montreal, including a large lot on Saint-Louis Hill. In 1766, he married his second wife, Catherine Cairns (1745-1785), with whom he had three sons and seven daughters. After his death, his sons divided his estate.

Son of James Cuthbert I and Catherine Cairns, JAMES CUTHBERT II (1769-1849) studied at the English College in Douai, France, and was then a member of the British infantry until 1797. In 1798, he inherited the seigneury of Berthier. James Cuthbert was the member for Warwick County at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (1796-1811) and a militia officer until 1813. Appointed to the Legislative Council (1811-1838), he was then a member and the Presiding Officer of the Special Council of Lower Canada (1838-1841). On June 22, 1814, he married his second wife, Marie Louise Amable Cairns (1788-1878), with whom he had four sons and two daughters.

GEORGE ROSS CUTHBERT (1776-1861) was the son of James Cuthbert I and Catherine Cairns. He also attended the Catholic English College in Douai, France, studied law at the Inner Temple in London, and then enjoyed a brilliant career in law and politics. He represented Warwick County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (1800-1810, 1812-1816, 1820), where he was a militant member of the British Party. Seigneur of Lanoraie and D'Autray, some time before 1801 he married ANNE EMILY RUSH (1779-1850) in Philadelphia, with whom he had a son and three daughters.

EDWARD OCTAVIAN CUTHBERT (1826-1890) was the son of James Cuthbert II and Marie Louise Amable Cairns. He studied at the College of Chambly and in 1853 married his niece MARY BOSTWICK (1833-1885), with whom he had two sons and three daughters. Seigneur of Berthier following the death of his father, he was also mayor of Berthier from 1868 to 1873 and from 1877 to 1878. He was elected as a member of the Conservative Party in the riding of Berthier in 1875, and again in 1878 and 1882.

CHARLES ALEXANDER FORNERET (1803-1880) was the son of George Louis Victor Forneret (1765?-1821), an infantry major, and Georgina-Davida Cuthbert (1773?-1816), daughter of James Cuthbert I. A professional notary, he married Elizabeth Barber in 1828 and had five children with her. On October 16, 1858, he married his second wife, Anny Kerrigan, with whom he had seven children.

A Montreal lawyer, EDWARD ADAMS CLARK (1800-1871) in 1832 married Georgina Mary Ann Forneret (1808-1845), the daughter of George Louis Victor Forneret and Georgina-Davida Cuthbert. The couple had seven boys and one girl. In 1851, he married GEORGIANA CUTHBERT (1803-1874), who was his first wife's cousin and the widow of Augustus David Bostwick.

AUGUSTUS DAVID BOSTWICK (?-1837) was the first husband of Georgiana Cuthbert. He was called to the Bar in 1819 and practised law in Trois-Rivières. He also worked with Hughes Heney, the grand voyer (chief road commissioner).

GEORGIANA BOSTWICK (1834-1916) was the daughter of Augustus David Bostwick and Georgiana Cuthbert. In 1855, she married militia officer JAMES WILLIAM HANSON (?-1911). The couple had no children.

Seigneur of Lanoraie, JOHN BOSTWICK (1831-1907) was the son of Augustus David Bostwick and Georgiana Cuthbert. He married ELIZABETH LLOYD MERRICK (1838?-1907) in 1860. The couple had two daughters and a son.

KATHERINE MARY CUTHBERT SKELTON (1901-1972) was the daughter of Arthur Clement Skelton (1869-1929) and Julia Cuthbert (1867-?), the daughter of Edward Octavian Cuthbert. She married Dr. RICHARD T. WEAVER (1898-1974), with whom she had one son and one daughter.

A lieutenant in the Prince of Wales Regiment, AUGUSTUS JOHN ROSS BOSTWICK (1870-1957) was the son of John Bostwick and Elizabeth Lloyd Merrick. He married MARGARET MACDONALD DICKSON (1878-1983) in 1907.