Simon Parent 1794 - 1874
Simon Parent was my last direct Parent ancestor to be born in Quebec. He was born on L'ile Perrot on July 26, 1794. L'ile Perrot is an island just west of the main island of Montreal. The island was granted by Intendant Jean Talon to Francois - Marie Perrot on October 28, 1672 who was governor of Montreal at that time. I wondered why Simon was born on L'ile Perrot, the best answer that I can give at this time is that his parents, Pierre Parent and Genevieve Lalonde lived there. Simon was baptised the next day on July 27, 1794. I found Simon's baptismal record but it was barely legible. I used the fact that most baptismal records are written according to the same template to decipher the record. It stated that Simon was baptised on July 27, 1794. He was the legitimate child of Pierre Parent and Genevieve Lalonde. The godfather was Joseph Marie Lalonde (Genevieve's father) and the godmother was a female Parent. I could not make out the first name so it could hav...