Francoise AYOTTE

(b. 12 March 1755 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1825 , St-Stanislas de Champlain, Quebec, Canada )

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Francoise AYOTTE was born 12 March 1755 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Francoise AYOTTE was the child of Joseph HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Catherine BARIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Anne-Felicite BONHOMME (maternal) François BARIL and Marie-Charlotte GAILLOUX (GAILLOU)

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

Francoise married Toussaint LAFONTAINE 15 January 1775 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Toussaint LAFONTAINE was born 1 November 1754 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Toussaint died 20 February 1819 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada. Toussaint was the child of Joseph LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Ursule ADAM.

Francoise AYOTTE died 28 July 1825 in St-Stanislas de Champlain, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Francoise AYOTTE married

Toussaint LAFONTAINE-- Date: 15 January 1775 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Toussaint LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Ursule ADAM

Children of Toussaint LAFONTAINE and Francoise AYOTTE:

Joseph LAFONTAINE dit LARIOUX (b.5 June 1787, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 June 1841, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Canada East)
m. Marie-Anne GENDRON 6 July 1812 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1755 Birth
12 March 1755
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Francoise AYOTTE and Toussaint LAFONTAINE 15 January 1775, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 19 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)

1787 Birth of Child
Joseph LAFONTAINE dit LARIOUX was born 5 June 1787, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Francoise was 32 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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Joseph LAFONTAINE dit LARIOUX married 6 July 1812, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marie-Anne GENDRON

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.