Francois Voyer (1801 - 1882)
After spending more or less two months writing about the historical Parent family houses in Beauport, Quebec I think it is only fair that I write a post about François Voyer. This where I left off before I went to Beauport, Quebec back in June of 2019. The story about François Voyer will take a few posts because there seems to be much more that I can say about him. In one post. This post I will go from François' birth to his marriage. François Xavier Voyer was born on February 18, 1801 to François Voyer (1774 - 1851) and Madeleine Vandal ( 1779 - 1815). As was the custom, François was baptised the next day, February 19, 1801, in L'Ancienne Lorette at Notre - Dame - de - l'Annonciation. François' godfather was Joseph Voyer, his father's brother and his uncle. I had difficulty trying to make out the godmother's name. her first name was Marie but the second name was not clear. It looks like 'Gottin' or 'Godin'. I found references to both of th...