In the long and frustrating search for the identity of Henriette Trempe, daughter of Francois Trempe/Tromp and Marguerite Germain and first wife of Leonard Patnode of Grand Isle Co., Vt., I may finally have some information for you.

Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier, 30 septembre 1815, bap. M. Henry, mitive, pere canadien, mere sauvagesse (n. aux pays d'en haut) age 6 years, godparents Augustin ... and Honoree Germain; presented by Francois Piet of Maskinonge.

Translation: Parish of Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier (Berthier-en-Haut). 30 September 1815, baptized Marie-Henri, metis, the father Canadien and the mother an Indian, born in the up-country, age six years. Godfather Augustin [illegible] and godmother Honoree Germain; presented by Francois Piet of Maskinonge.

Piet was a "dit name" for Tremp. Francis Trempe of Maskinonge, son of Joseph Piette dit Trempe and Charlotte Dupuis/Dupuy, is the man we've long suspected of being "Old Man Francis Tromp" of Grand Isle Co., Vt., and Henriette's father.

Honoree Germain dit Belisle, the godmother, later married Joseph Berard dit Lepine and is ancestress of one branch of the Pepin Co. LaPeans (her sister Marguerite married Joseph's brother Antoine; they're the ancestors of the other branch of Pepin Co., WI, LaPeans).

So, those who research Patnodes in more detail than I do, you have a place to look.