Milette, Thomas

MILETTE, Thomas (1847-1875), son of Rene Milette, a contractor and builder, he likely trained under his father and by the age of twenty-three he was preparing plans for ecclesiastical works in and around the Trois Rivieres area. He promising career ended abruptly in late 1875 as the result of an accident in Montreal. He died at Ste. Philomene, Que. on 21 December 1875 (obit. La Minerve [Montreal], 21 Dec. 1875, 2; Journal de Trois Rivieres, 23 Dec. 1875, 3; biog. Gerard Morisset, L'Architecture en Nouvelle-France, 1949, 135).<br/ >

SAINTE ANGELE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1870 (La Minerve [Montreal], 7 June 1870, 3, descrip.)
TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., completion of the tower for the Roman Catholic Cathedral, 1872 (La Minerve [Montreal], 29 May 1872, 2)
TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Seminary, 1874 (La Minerve [Montreal], 7 Nov. 1874, 2; Raymonde Gauthier, Trois Rivieres disparue, 1978, 118, illus., 179)
ST. CYRILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1875-76 (La Minerve [Montreal], 10 Nov. 1876, 2, descrip.)