John Ostell
Anglo-Canadian architect, surveyor and manufacturer · Architects · Lived 1813 to 1892 · aged 78
John Ostell was a British-Canadian architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surveying.
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In 1837 he married Eleonore Gauvin, a member of a prominent French Catholic family in the city. His marriage ensured entry to French Canadian society, he was appointed diocesan architect for Montreal. In 1849 he formed a partnership with his nephew Henri-Maurice Perrault (1828-1903), this was the formation of one of the first architectural dynasties in Canada.
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