Walking In The Steps Of My Ancestors - Part Five - La Maison Edouard T. Parent - 2240 - 2242 Lisieux avenue
La maison Edouard T. Parent house is unique in that is was built on the original land that was ceded to Pierre Parent (1628 - 1698) by the Jesuits in 1654, two years after Pierre had arrived in Nouvelle France in 1652. Pierre is the original ancestor of our Parent family. La maison Edouard T. Parent was one of the first homes to be built on the seigneury of Notre Dame des Anges which was owned by the Jesuits. From the mid 18th century until 1953 the house had remained in the Parent family. I built that this house should be called la maison Parent because it is so fundamental to the history, location and residence of the Parent family. There were two distinct stages of construction for la maison Edouard T. Parent. The first stage was built on a stone foundation (provided by the Parent stone quarry) before 1750. The first stage would now be the eastern portion of the house. It had two chimneys and gabled walls. The second half of the house, the western section, was added in 1804. Arc...