Description

The history of the Immaculate Conception parish of Pain Court is inseparably linked to that of the Assumption parishes of Sandwich and Saint-Pierre on the La Tranche River. The Assumption parish began around 1728. Father J. B. Marchand, while serving as parish priest of the Assumption from 1796 to 1825, had two chapels built: that of Saint-Pierre, which was blessed on July 8, 1802, and that of Saint-Jean Baptiste of Malden (Amherstburg) in 1803. The Saint-Pierre register reports that on July 16, 1851, Bishop de Charbonnel of Toronto made his first visit to Saint-Pierre. Having realized the exact state of the parish, its immense territory, and its large population, they returned on December 10 of the same year and commissioned the priest Claude-Antoine Ternet, P.S.S., aged about 57, to build a chapel in Pain Court. The site chosen was lot no. 13 opposite the current cemetery. On March 1, 1852, the solemn blessing of the chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph took place.

The volunteers of the Franco-Ontarian Research Centre compiled the information from the Immaculate Conception register for this publication.  

The file has 244 pages listed chronologically by the date of the baptism.  An Index is found at the end of the file, giving you the page number where the baptism entry can be found. 

Members of the Essex County Branch of Ontario Ancestors can view this file in the Members Library under the Franco-Ontarian Research Centre tab by clicking here.