Talk:Alexis St. Martin

Confusion about the birth date of two brothers with the same name
Doing research family genealogy, my wife has discovered that she is a descendant of Alexis St. Martin. He is the brother of her great-great-great grandfather. They are sons of Pierre Louis Bidaguin dit St Martin and Marie-Angelique Guibeau. The family lived in Berthier, Quebec. The older brother Alexis was baptized on 18 April 1794. This boy was buried in Berthier on 2 January 1802. A few months later, another son was born and named Alexis at the time of his baptism on 9 April 1802. Several reports about Alexis and his experiences with Dr. Beaumont, including census information and reports from the doctor himself, have more correctly stated that the young man was 18 or 19 years old at the time of the shooting accident in 1822. This supports the correct date of birth from the baptismal records. While doing genealogy research, it is very common to find confusion about dates. Census information and obituaries are notorious for misinformation. Sometimes this incorrect information is passed on by the persons themselves and sometimes it is reported by family members who do not have accurate details. So at the time of his death in 1880, Alexis St Martin was actually about 78 years old, still an amazing accomplishment considering his unique health issues. Thewellman (talk) 16:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I hope that you will consider publishing the above interesting discovery so that it can be referenced in this Wikipedia article. - Astrochemist (talk) 12:34, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

"2 years after death"???
So, the photo i sthat of a 2-years old corpse..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.34.65.152 (talk) 20:52, 7 May 2013 (UTC) What photo? Do you meaning the drawing that was made after his death?

His name
Several books say his name was "Alexis Bidagan St. Martin" or "Alexis Bidagan dit St. Martin where "dit" means "called." Someone's research in Ancestry.com original sources such as baptismal records does not constitute reliable sourcing. See which says "his full name was Alexis Bidagan dit St. Martin."  See  which gives that same name. See also. Numerous other books and peer-reviewed journals give this name and can be seen in snippet view at Google book search:. Edison (talk) 19:24, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

More sources

 * There's a list of useful sources in, p399 note 50. EEng 18:17, 7 December 2017 (UTC)