Sunday, November 7, 2010

Parents of 23 Have Ten Children!

New York Tribune.
Race suicide is not fashionable in Batiscan, a small town in the Province of Quebec. Edouard Jolicoeur, of Batiscan reached Montreal a few days ago with his wife and 10 children. The number is fairly large, but the fact that they are five pairs or twins and the parents are only 23 years old is stranger still.

Date: November 24, 1910
Location: Oregon
Paper: Oregonian

For more stories about Batiscan and the ancestors who lived there, visit Batiscan, Québec, Canada