Simon AYOTTE

Born

19 September 1759 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Died

19 March 1835 , St-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies, St-Stanislas, Canada

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Simon HAYOT (AYOTTE)Elisabeth-Barbe THIFFAULT

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Born: 19 September 1759 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Father: Simon HAYOT (AYOTTE)

Mother: Elisabeth-Barbe THIFFAULT

Paternal grandparents: Étienne HAYOT (AYOTTE) , Anne-Felicite BONHOMME

Maternal grandparents: Damien THIFFAULT , Marie-Renee LAFOND

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Simon married Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE 14 May 1788 in St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE was born abt. 1768 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Guillaume VERDET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Josephe GODIN.

Simon AYOTTE died 19 March 1835 in St-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies, St-Stanislas, Canada.

m. Lafontaine Josephte
m. Veillette Julie
m. Verdet Josephte

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE
Marriage date: 14 May 1788
Marriage place: St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada
Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE was the child of Guillaume VERDET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Josephe GODIN

Children of Simon AYOTTE and Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE

Madeleine AYOTTE

Born: 24 February 1789, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 May 1834, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Lower Canada

Married: Charles ASSELIN 22 February 1808

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Birth — 1759
19 September 1759
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 - 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Simon AYOTTE and Josephte VERDET dite LAVERDURE 14 May 1788, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Madeleine AYOTTE was born 24 February 1789, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Simon was 29 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)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)