Quebec church records show grandmothers were ‘essential to survival’ in early days of New France

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R. Outhet and his family posed for this photo in Montreal in 1865. A new study exploring the ‘grandmother effect’ concludes New France grew exponentially in the pre-industrial era, partly because of the proximity of mothers to their daughters’ growing families. (McCord Museum) Researchers drawing from a vast data […]