Pierre-Gustave Joly (1798-1865)

Pierre-Gustave-Gaspard Joly, Seigneur de Lotbiniere, Quebec

He was born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland and was a merchant in his father's champagne business. He married a French-Canadian heiress and became an amateur Daguerreotypist, famous for being the first to photograph the Acropolis of Athens and some ancient Egyptian monuments. He was the father of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Prime Minister of Quebec from 1878 to 1879.

Parents

Antoine Joly de Marval

Wine Merchant, of Épernay, Champagne; Sieur de Marval

1774-1837

Ursula (Fehr de Brunner) Joly

Mme. Ursula (Fehr de Brunner) Joly

b.1768

Spouse

Christine (de Lotbinière) Joly

Julie-Christine (Chartier de Lotbinière) Joly, Seigneuresse de Lotbinière

1810-1887

Children

Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere

K.C.M.G., P.C., Premier of Quebec; Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia

1829-1908

Amelie-Ursule (Joly) Savage

Amélie-Ursule (Joly) Savage

1831-1922

Edmond de Lotbiniere Joly

Lt. Edmond de Lotbinière Joly, of the Connaught Rangers; killed at Lucknow, India

1832-1857