Dans un Petit Village

François Voyer was born on January 7, 1774 and baptised on January 9, 1774 in L'Ancienne Lorette . François's father, Pierre Voyer, his grandfather, Pierre Voyer and his grandmother, Ursule Moisan were all in attendance at his baptism in L'Ancienne Lorette. To put his birth in historical perspective, François was born just eleven years after the conquest of Nouvelle France. The Quebec Act would not be passed by the parliament of Great Britain for another six months on June 22, 1774. An explanation of the Quebec Act would be appropriate at this point. The Quebec Act would expand the territory of Quebec by three times of its current size. It would include an area that would now be Southern Ontario, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. The Quebec Act would restore the right to religious practice to Quebec. Canadiens who held a political office had to renounce Catholicism. The Quebec Act would permit Canadiens who were in a political position to retain...

After spending more or less two months writing about the historical Parent family houses in Beauport, Quebec I think it is only fair that I write a post about François Voyer. This where I  left off before I went to Beauport, Quebec back in June of 2019.  The story about François Voyer will take a few posts because there seems to be much more that I can say about him. In one post. This post I will go from François' birth to his marriage. François Xavier Voyer was born on February 18, 1801 to François Voyer (1774 - 1851) and Madeleine Vandal ( 1779 - 1815). As was the custom, François was baptised the next day, February 19, 1801, in L'Ancienne Lorette at Notre - Dame - de - l'Annonciation. François' godfather was Joseph Voyer, his father's brother and his uncle. I had difficulty trying to make out the godmother's name. her first name was Marie but the second name was not clear. It looks like 'Gottin' or 'Godin'. I found references to both of th...