Born in Montebello, Quebec, he was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau and great-grandson of Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau. His mother, Caroline Rogers, was from an affluent Philadelphia family. Bilingual in French and English, he was raised primarily speaking English and in his mother's Protestant faith.
Born in Montebello, Quebec, he was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau and great-grandson of the Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau. His mother, Caroline Rogers, came from a wealthy Philadelphia family. Bilingual in French and English, he was raised primarily speaking English and in his mother's Protestant faith.