Jean-Baptiste LAVIGNE

Born

abt. 1776 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

13 August 1832 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Charles LAVIGNE Marie-Desanges BURELLE

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Born: abt. 1776 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Charles LAVIGNE

Mother: Marie-Desanges BURELLE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE , Marie-Anne BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BURELLE (BUREL) , Veronique LATOUCHE dite ROGER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Archange DUFAULT 12 February 1810 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Archange DUFAULT was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Archange died 21 March 1820 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Archange was the child of Michel DUFAULT and Josephte GAREAU dite ST-ONGE.

Jean-Baptiste LAVIGNE died 13 August 1832 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste LAVIGNE married

Marie-Archange DUFAULT
Marriage date: 12 February 1810
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marie-Archange DUFAULT was the child of Michel DUFAULT and Josephte GAREAU dite ST-ONGE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LAVIGNE and Marie-Archange DUFAULT

François-Xavier LAVIGNE

Born: 14 March 1820, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Zoe SAVARIA 22 October 1839 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAVIGNE and Marie-Archange DUFAULT 12 February 1810, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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