Thomas Duncan Parent ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

"Thomas Duncan Parent [nicknamed: "Gentle Tom"] in mid life took to fur trapping with partner Bill Preble and they covered some seven hundred fifty miles of shore-line / trap lines for about thirty years."

...Wally Baardson ⁵

  In his life:

• In 1881 he lived in Douglass, York, New Brunswick, Canada. ³

• He worked, in 1881, as a blacksmith in Douglass, York, New Brunswick, Canada. ³

• Thomas was counted in the 1881 Canadian census for Douglass, York, New Brunswick, Canada. ³ District 30, Sub-District P, Division 2, Page 28, Household 111.

• He immigrated from Canada in 1899. ¹

• In 1900 he lived in Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota. ¹

• He worked, in 1900, as a blacksmith in Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota. ¹

• Thomas was counted in the 1900 US census for Grand Marais, Cook, Minnesota. ¹ ED 54, SD 6, Sheet 5B.

• In 1910 he lived in Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota. ⁶

• He worked, in 1910, as a fur trapper in Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota. ⁶

• Thomas was counted in the 1910 US census for Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota. ⁶ ED 46, SD 8, Sheet 4B.
Also enumerated in his household is his partner, William Pemble(?), 59 years old, divorced, born in Wisconsin, also a fur trapper.

• In 1930 he lived in Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota. ⁷ Living with his son-in-law Peter Allard.

• He was counted in the 1930 US census for Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota. ⁷ ED 16-8, SD 3, Sheet 1B.
Enumerated in the household of his son-in-law Peter Allard.
The enumerator for this census record was Dora L. Allard.

Thomas married Harriet Beecher McLaughlin about 1874.¹ (Harriet Beecher McLaughlin was born about 1853 in New Brunswick, Canada ⁷.)