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Joseph Masson (January 5, 1791 – May 15, 1847) was Canadian businessman, who is considered the first French Canadian millionaire. Seigneur of Terrebonne, Quebec, president of Masson societies, president of the City Gas, he was also vice-president of the Banque de Montréal, president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal and member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. He was the major Canadian businessman in the 1830 years, and he is member of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. == Biography == Masson born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, in 1791, was the only son (there were also three daughters) born to Antoine Masson, joiner who did not know signing,〔''La société canadienne-française au XIXe siècle'', 1975, p. 283.〕 and Suzanne ''née'' Pfeiffer or Payfer. After scholarship at Saint-Eustache school, he went at 16 at Saint-Benoît of Mirabel〔''“Masson, Joseph”'', in ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', volume VII, 1988.〕 to learn the commercial business, as an apprentice of the merchant Duncan McGillis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Masson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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