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I have written about my parents and I have written about my father's parents. It would only be reasonable and fair to write about my mother's parents.  There is so much to write about that I will actually have to consider what I want to include and what I want to leave out. Let's start with the basic facts. Joseph Joachim Ulric Voyer was born on July 5, 1892 in Quebec City. According to the 1891 Census of Canada for 1891 , the year before Ulric was born, his father and mother, Napoleon Voyer and Marie Rose Delina Dion were living in St. Roch at number 542. It is interesting to note that the Bedard family was living next door at 541. Ulric was the fifth of seven children. He had two brothers and two sisters who were born before him. My grandfather was a polymath if there ever was one. He was a composer of operas, a playwright, a professor of piano, church organist, court clerk, shorthand instructor, publicity manager for J.B. Renaud (a commercial company started

 To be fair, it is time to write about my mother's side of the family, the Voyer family and of course I will start with my mother. Unlike my father, I knew who my mother was. Marie Anne Gemma Voyer was born on July 7, 1918 in Quebec City, Quebec . You could say that my mother was a war baby to put her birth into perspective. World War I was approaching its end. The Allies were about to break the deadlock on the Western Front and the beginning of The 100 Days Offensive to the end of the war was not far off. A week after my mother was born The last German offensive of WWI, the Marne - Reims Offensive was to begin. The Allies had full knowledge of this offensive and the German offensive was crushed. Also, a week after my mother's birth the Czar Nicholas and his entire family was murdered by the Bolsheviks . Of course, when my mother was born no one knew that these events would happen. You could say that my mother was born during turbulent times. My mother was born into a w

My grandparents were Nicklous (Nick) Parent and Corinne Marie Lalonde. My grandfather was born in North Gwillimbury township, York county, Ontario on May 26, 1880. North Gwillimbury is not far from Magna International, an automotive parts supplier in Aurora, Ontario . I used to pass by North Gwillimbury often when I was on company business. It is interesting that without knowing it, I was close to the birthplace of my grandfather. The question that I would ask is how did Nicklous Parent come to be born in North Gwillimbury, the Parent family originally settled in Beauport Quebec when the first arrived from France in the 17 th century. There is definitely a story about how and why my branch of the Parent family arrived in North Gwillimbury. This is definitely a research topic that I will dig into. My grandmother was born in Midland, Ontario on June 25, 1889. Midland is about 100 kilometers from North Gwillimbury using our modern road system like highway 400. I would imagine