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From Griffintown to the Square Mile

Cynthia Coristine & Ian Browness

St Anne'S Ward Biography Irish-Canadian History

The life and legacy of James Coristine, 1837-1908, an Irish-Canadian immigrant from County Mayo who came to Montreal as a boy and rose from the harsh conditions of Griffintown to become a successful furrier and clothing merchant in "The Square Mile"