Nicklous (Nick) Parent and Corinne Marie Lalonde
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...