Dans un Petit Village

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...

We arrive at the ' école de la côte des Pères' , the old schoolhouse at 3425 chemin Royal, a short walk just west of the Maison Alexis - Parent at 3525 - 3527 chemin Royal. The 'école de la côte des Pères' is a private residence now but it was once a schoolhouse. In 1844, Queen Victoria awarded a commision to George Louis Lemoine, a priest, and Captain Alexis Georgeville in Beauport. The location bordered on the lands that belonged to the Jesuits at that time, Domaine Notre-Dame-des Anges . Within the year George Louis Lemoine and Captain Alexis Georgeville began construction on the first school in Giffard (Beauport), the school that was to be known as 'école de la côte des Pères'. I should clarify that up to the middle of the twentieth century the Catholic Church controlled and was deeply involved in education, especially at the primary school level. It makes perfect sense that the Jesuits would provide the land for the school commissioned by Queen Vi...