Walking In The Steps Of My Ancestors -Part Seven - La Maison Étienne Parent - 60 rue Seigneuriale, Beauport, QC
La maison Étienne Parent is the last of the historical Parent family homes that we visited on our walk around historical Beauport. There were other houses that we could have visited but there was no more time. Besides, it is a reason to visit Beauport again some time in the future. It is a bit misleading to call this house, 'la maison Étienne Parent'. Yes, it is true that Étienne Parent was born in this house but he was such a remarkable student and his intelligence was readily apparent to his family that he was sent to the college of Nicolet for his secondary education. Nicolet college was one of the schools in Quebec at that time. Other than returning to his parents home during summer vacations to work on the family farm , Étienne never lived in this house again. Étienne Parent was without a doubt the most remarkable member of our family, if not one of the most remarkable men during 19th Century Quebec. He was a lawyer, a journalist, a philosopher, a politician but...