Napoleon Voyer (1850 - 1881)
Since Napoleon Voyer and Francois Parent were more or less contemporaries you would think that there would be strong similarities between their lives, nothing would be further from the truth, It is true that Francois parent was born in 1842 and Napoleon Voyer was born eight years later on November 27, 1850. Herein the difference lies. Francois was born in Sutton, Ontario, essentially a first generation Ontario Francophone born into a farming family. Napoleon was born in Sainte - Marie (Beauce), Quebec . Sainte Marie (Beauce) which is about 40 kilometers south of Quebec City. His parents were Francois Voyer (1801 - 1882) and Marie Delphine Faucher Chateauvert (1806 - 1887). In 1850, Sainte - Marie de Beauce was still officially a seigneury belonging to the Taschereau family . The first mention that I have of Napoleon Voyer is in the 1861 Canadian Census. he is listed with his father, mother and siblings. In the census he is listed as being eleven years old. There is not a lot o...