Jean-François LAVOIE

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17 September 1762 , Kamouraska, Canada

Died

6 February 1820 , Cacouna, Lower Canada

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Augustin LAVOIE Monique PARADIS

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Born: 17 September 1762 in Kamouraska, Canada

Father: Augustin LAVOIE

Mother: Monique PARADIS

Paternal grandparents: Augustin LAVOIE , Marguerite MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel PARADIS , Marie-Anne CÔTÉ

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Jean-François married Genevieve CHOUINARD 28 July 1783 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve CHOUINARD was born abt. 1763 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Genevieve died 19 April 1851 in St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Jean-François CHOUINARD and Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT.

Jean-François LAVOIE died 6 February 1820 in Cacouna, Lower 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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Jean-François LAVOIE married

Genevieve CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 28 July 1783
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve CHOUINARD was the child of Jean-François CHOUINARD and Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT

Children of Jean-François LAVOIE and Genevieve CHOUINARD

Madeleine LAVOIE

Born: 16 October 1784, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1839, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Francois THIBAULT 8 February 1802 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Francois LAVOIE

Born: 16 December 1787, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 September 1852, St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Rose HUDON dite BEAULIEU 10 August 1812 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1762
17 September 1762
Kamouraska, Canada

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François LAVOIE and Genevieve CHOUINARD 28 July 1783, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 20 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Madeleine LAVOIE was born 16 October 1784, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-François was 22 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois LAVOIE was born 16 December 1787, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-François was 25 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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LAVOIE married 8 February 1802, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Francois THIBAULT

1812 Marriage of Child
Jean-Francois LAVOIE married 10 August 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Rose HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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.