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46:). He was baptized at Laval, Quebec on November 19, 1812. His father, Pierre Berland dit Duboishu, was a French-Canadian Voyageur, hunter and trader. His mother, Marie Louise Josephe Bilideau (or Beledau), was of mixed French and First Nations ancestry. In the late 1820s, Pascal moved to the town
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His marriage to Maria Grant is telling of a certain respect he held within his community, as her father was
Cuthbert Grant, another prominent Metis leader. The couple had 14 children, with the eldest son (Patrice) eventually following in his father's political footsteps.
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