Louis CANTIN

Born

6 November 1740 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Died

25 December 1818 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN)Marguerite LECLERC

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Born: 6 November 1740 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Father: Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN)

Mother: Marguerite LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) , Marie MATHIEU

Maternal grandparents: Adrien LECLERC , Geneviève PARADIS

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Louis married Geneviève LEVASSEUR 7 October 1771 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LEVASSEUR was born 6 March 1754 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . Geneviève died 29 November 1834 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Geneviève was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne JOURNEAU.

Louis CANTIN died 25 December 1818 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Geneviève LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 7 October 1771
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève LEVASSEUR was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne JOURNEAU

Children of Louis CANTIN and Geneviève LEVASSEUR

Charlotte CANTIN

Born: 28 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis PAQUET 22 September 1806 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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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 — 1740
6 November 1740
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Louis CANTIN and Geneviève LEVASSEUR 7 October 1771 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 30 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Charlotte CANTIN was born 28 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Louis was 45 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Charlotte CANTIN married 22 September 1806 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada to Alexis PAQUET

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