Benjamin
Parent
Born in Rimouski, Lower Canada
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Marie Claire (Parant) Parent
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Angele (St-Laurent) Parent
— married
18 Feb 1822 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Husband of
Madeleine (Larivee) Parent
— married
18 Nov 1856 in Ste-Luce, Quebec, Canada
Descendants 
Died
at age 69
in Ste-Luce, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Dec 2015
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Biography
Benjamin was born in 1803.
Benjamin Parent, husband of Magdeleine Larrivée, died on 18 June 1873, and was buried two days later in Sainte-Luce.[1]
His father is said to be unknown at birth but two years later, his mother marries Noël Chouinard who happens to be the godmother's (Claire Chouinard) brother. It is unclear if she met him through the godmother, or that the father's identity was undisclosed and they chose his sister as godmother.
Sources
- ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-817D?cc=1321742&wc=HZST-929%3A24344201%2C24344202%2C13679101 : 16 July 2014), Sainte-Luce > Sainte-Luce > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1869-1876 > image 148 of 237; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- Baptême Institut généalogique Drouin Registre de Cathédrale St-Germain, Rimouski, Bas-Canada, 1803. 5e feuillet.
- "Canada, Québec, recensement, 1861", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MM78-PQX : Thu May 11 23:39:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Parent, 1861.
- "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW52-6XN : 13 December 2022), Benjamin Parent Caron in entry for Marie Parent Caron, 1901.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Edwina Mullen
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1, FTDNA kit #B48996 - Amber Beland :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J2B1A1, FTDNA kit #N76858
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~1.56%
Ian Weisser :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XB6569753 [compare], FTDNA kit #989508
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sandra (Woodbury) Maurer :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Martine Chiasson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PS2850900 [compare], Ancestry member cenomestpris
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~0.78%
Sue (Cyr) Wieghmink :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CX6013973 [compare], Ancestry member smwieghmink
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~0.78%
James Jerose :
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Rejected matches › Benjamin Parent (1862-1942)
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It’s says on wiki relative finder that I am fourth cousins 7 times removed.
If not, I wouldn't even know where to start looking. But finding Claire is what led me to find the rest of my family tree as it relates to André Parent’s arrival in the 1600s. Benjamin (aka Johnny) left his place of birth South of Quebec city & moved out to Rimouski in eastern Quebec. He told his descendants that he came to Canada with two brothers from France in the early 1800s. My own mother, Thérèse Parent Conway, did not believe me at first when I told her about Benjamin probably being descended from André. She didn't even know his name was Benjamin. She spoke at length with her only living sibling of nine, Irene Parent Blanchette. I am not aware of the contents of their conversations but mom did eventually come to accept the news when I took her to look in the genealogy books leading up from her own father, Donat. Mums Family of origin always referred to Benjamin as Johnny. But Benjamin was my mother’s paternal Great-grandfather and Benjamin’s son Louis Elzéar Parent was her paternal grandfather.