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 Étienne Parent (1802 - 1874) was descended from Pierre Parent and Jeanne Badeau. Pierre Parent arrived in New France around 1650. He had been contracted as an indentured worker to spend four years working on the Jesuit's seigneury. After his term of work he would be granted land to work. In 1651 the Jesuits ceded land to Pierre Parent and Jacques Badeau, his future father-in-law.  In 1654 Pierre married Jeanne Badeau. His father-in-law, Jacques Badeau died in 1658. In 1660 the Jesuits ceded the quarry to Pierre Parent. This quarry was located on the land that had belonged to his father-in-laws. By 1670 Pierre Parent was delivering limestone from his quarry to building sites in Quebec City to construct houses. In 1675 Pierre Parent supplied the the door jambs and corner joints for the construction of the Seminary in Quebec. Pierre Parent was well on his way to becoming a wealthy man. Jeanne Badeau was Pierre Parent's wife and partner. She actively participated in the family bus

We have established that Etienne Parent was actively continuing to edit Le Canadien while he was imprisoned. Aside from his regular editing of every day topics what topics or events preoccupied Etienne Parent during his time in prison? There were two important preoccupations for Etienne Parent during his incarceration; one was a person, John George Lambton, the first Earl of Durham (known as Lord Durham in Canada) and his infamous Durham Report.  When Lord Durham first arrived in Canada in 1838 Etienne Parent had great hopes that he would be instrumental in resolving the issues in Lower Canada. However, Etienne's optimism was soon crushed by Lord Durham's handling of the rebellion in 1838. Lord Durham had Patriotes arrested and imprisoned. Some of the key Patriote leaders were exiled to Bermuda.  It was with great interest that Etienne Parent followed the movements of Lord Durham as he 'researched' the the conflict and unrest in the Canadian colonies. Short paragraphs s