Hubert POTVIN

Born

15 May 1781 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 January 1840 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Hubert POTVIN

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Born: 15 May 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Hubert POTVIN

Father

Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Mother

Marie-Luce SIMARD

Grandparents of Hubert POTVIN

Paternal grandparents

Michel POITEVIN Françoise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Hubert married Marie-Sylvie GRENON 1 August 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Sylvie GRENON was born 19 May 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Sylvie died 28 April 1874 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . Marie-Sylvie was the child of Henri GRENON and Therese-Dorothee GUAY.

Hubert POTVIN died 19 January 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .

m. Girard Madeleine
m. Grenon Marie-Sylvie

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Hubert POTVIN

Hubert POTVIN married

Marie-Sylvie GRENON
Marriage date: 1 August 1803
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Sylvie GRENON was the child of Henri GRENON and Therese-Dorothee GUAY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Hubert POTVIN and Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Born: 8 May 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Eucher TREMBLAY 10 February 1835 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Hubert's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1781
15 May 1781
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Hubert POTVIN and Marie-Sylvie GRENON 1 August 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) was born 8 May 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Hubert was 32 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England