Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Born

13 January 1833 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

5 August 1905 , Ste-Béatrix, Québec, Canada

Leon married Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX 6 November 1855 in Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX was born 12 May 1833 in Ste-Mélanie, Lower Canada. Marie-Cléophée died 3 December 1873 in Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada . Marie-Cléophée was the child of Benoit GENEREUX and Flavie LECLERC .

Parents & Family of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Parents of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Father

François GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Mother

Marie-Rose PRUD'HOMME

Grandparents of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Paternal grandparents

Julien GOYETTE Marguerite RIVET

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) married

Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX
Marriage date: 6 November 1855
Marriage place: Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

See marriage record for Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX
Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX was the child of Benoit GENEREUX and Flavie LECLERC

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX

Azilda GOYETTE

Born: 6 December 1850, Sainte-Béatrix, Canada East
Died: 2 June 1939,

Napoleon GOYETTE

Born: 27 November 1858, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada
Died: 5 August 1919, Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec, Canada

Adélard GOYETTE

Born: 9 September 1860, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Died: 20 June 1933, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Married: Sophie BRUNEAU

Aurore GOYETTE dite DESCHENES

Born: 15 April 1866, Sainte-Béatrix, Canada East
Died: 13 August 1940, Morinville, Alberta, Canada

Olympe GOYETTE

Born: 19 December 1868, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada
Died: 21 December 1959, Joliette, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1833
13 January 1833
Joliette, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Azilda GOYETTE was born 6 December 1850, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada (St-Beatrix)

Leon was 17 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX 6 November 1855, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Napoleon GOYETTE was born 27 November 1858, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

Leon was 25 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Adélard GOYETTE was born 9 September 1860, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Leon was 27 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Aurore GOYETTE dite DESCHENES was born 15 April 1866, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada (St-Beatrix)

Leon was 33 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.