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Famous Canadian Texans |
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| Dr. Nicholas Labadie: Ontario native, San Jacinto veteran & surgeon, later built the first Catholic Church in the city of Galveston. |
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| William Graham: Native of Nova Scotia, joined the New Orleans Greys and was twice cited for bravery at the battle of San Antonio. He later formed his own company of volunteers and returned to serve the republic as a Texas Ranger. |
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| Michel Menard: Founding father of the city of Galveston |
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| William Silvan Brown: Montreal native, came to Texas, joined the Texian army & for a time was a Mexican POW. He was later killed at the Goliad Massacre. |
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| Noah Dickinson Jr: Native of Ontario he joined the New Orleans Greys and fought at San Antonio and Coleto Creek before being killed at the Goliad massacre. |
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| Henry W. Cresswell: English born immigrant to Canada who later became a leading Texas rancher, expanding his holdings across the western U.S. and into Canada as well. A ranching legend in the upper Panhandle including among his friends Charles Goodnight. |
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| Henry Orsay: Montreal native who immigrated to the US and joined the army. He settled in Texas and became chief clerk for the Texas adjutant general's office. |
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| Charles Arden Russell: Canadian born soldier who came to Texas and stayed. A local official and founder of Helena in Karnes County he was a delegate at the Texas secession convention and served in the Confederate army with Texas Ranger John S. Ford. |
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| Donald McDonald: Native of West Canada, captain in the British army during the War of 1812 he came to Texas. He was a noted soldier in the Texas army, leader in the Freemasons and became sheriff of San Augustine County. |
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| Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson: United States marshal born in Quebec, Canada and became a noted lawman in the Texas panhandle and a living legend in the American southwest. He helped construct the Adobe Walls trading post on the Canadian River in north Texas. Involved in numerous gunfights and enterprises his life later inspired a popular television series. |
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| Paul and Pierre Antoine Mallet: Two French Canadian brothers who explored areas of modern day Texas and New Mexico. Their primary expeditions were across the area from Santa Fe, along the Canadian River and Red River to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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| Tapley Holland: Born in Ohio to Canadian parents, his father was one of the "Old 300 Settlers" of Stephen F. Austin's colony. Tapley Holland joined the Texas army and fought in the battle of San Antonio. He later served in the artillery under Captain William R. Carey and was killed on March 6, 1836 during the legendary battle of the Alamo. |
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| Margaret (Mother St. Pierre) Harrington: second foundress of the Galveston Ursulines was known as "the Soldiers' Friend" for her care of Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Born in Montreal, Canada she moved to New Orleans and later Galveston Texas after joining the Ursuline Convent. Her many acts of compassion and courage during the war earned her a noble and holy reputation. |
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| Paul Joseph Foik: A native of Ontario Foik became a noted priest, librarian, and Texas historian. An accomplished scholar he was ordained priest in 1911, was one of the founders of the Catholic Library Association. His greatest work for Texas history was editing Carlos E. Castaneda's "Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936" Much of his work became the foundation of the Catholic Archives of Texas. He was also a member of the Texas State Historical Association,the Texas Geographic Society and the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia. |
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| James Wainwright Flanagan: Born in Henderson, Texas he left home very young and worked in railroads and mining in the US, Cuba and Mexico. Rising to become a noted business man he became president of the Royal Bank of Canada in 1913. A decorated veteran of the Cuban army he was also an honorary lieutenant colonel in the First and Second battalions of the Irish Regiment of Canada in 1940. He received many awards in his life including the Order of St. Gregory granted by Pope Pius XI. He lived many years in Toronto, Canada before coming home to Texas to retire in Houston. |
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| More Famous Canadian Texans from THBO |
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| BOYNTON, CHARLES MILTON (1836-1901) |
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| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbo65.html |
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| BOYNTON, CHARLES ALBERT (1867-1956). |
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| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbo64.html |
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| ARMSTRONG, FRANK B. (1863-1915). |
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| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/far8.html |
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| MENARD, PIERRE J. (ca. 1808-1861). |
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| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/MM/fme10.html |
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| SWEET, ALEXANDER EDWIN (1841-1901) |
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| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/fsw9.html |
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