Maximilien Globensky
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
and for the loyalists in the Rebellions of 1837
Rebellions of 1837
The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform. A key shared goal was the allowance of responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incident's aftermath.-Rebellions:The rebellions started...
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Born in Verchères
Verchères, Quebec
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, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
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, Maximilien was the seventh child of August Franz Globensky
August Franz Globensky
August Franz Globensky, born August Franciszek Głąbiński , was a Polish physician and one of the founding members of the Polish community in Canada. He was born near Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia to Joseph Glaubenskindt, a royal notary originally from Poland, and Marie Richter, a German...
, a Prussian-born Polish surgeon who served with Hessian
Hesse
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mercenaries and settled in Lower Canada
Lower Canada
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after his detachment fought on the side of the British in the American War of Independence. His mother was Françoise Brousseau. He enlisted in the Canadian Voltigeurs
Les Voltigeurs de Québec
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during the War of 1812, and took part in the battles of Chateauguay, Lacolle, and Ormstown. After the war, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant and remained in the militia. When the rebellion broke out, Globensky was asked by his superiors to recruit 60 volunteers, and was then given command of the group.
On December 14, 1837, Globensky's company blocked the retreat of Patriote rebels
Lower Canada Rebellion
The Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
fleeing from British regulars in Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache may refer to:* Eustace of Luxeuil, monk* Saint Eustace , a legendary Christian martyr who allegedly lived in the 2nd century AD* Saint-Eustache, Quebec, a city in western Quebec, Canada...
. The next day, he was ordered to occupy the town and maintain civil order. His men were later accused of committing criminal reprisals on the civilian population of Saint-Eustache, an account disputed in an 1883 book published by his son Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
Charles-Auguste-Maximilien Globensky was a writer and politician. C.A.M. Globensky was the grandson of August Franz Globensky, a Hessian surgeon who settled in Verchères, Quebec, and the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Maximilien Globensky.-Career:He was born in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada and was...
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His loyalist sympathies were brought into focus years later, in 1875, when his son sought a seat in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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Globensky was married twice: first to Élisabeth Lemaire Saint-Germain and then to Marie-Anne Panet in 1851. He died in Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
, Canada East
Canada East
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at the age of 73.