René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE)

(b. 3 April 1657 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 8 December 1731 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )

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René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) was born 3 April 1657 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) was the child of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Elie GODIN and Esther RAMAGE

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René married Marguerite BOUCHARD 4 November 1683 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Marguerite BOUCHARD was born 15 October 1665 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marguerite died 6 April 1731 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marguerite was the child of Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT and Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER).

René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) died 8 December 1731 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France .

Baptism not available at Chateau-Richer in Drouin Collection. Records start at 1661.

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René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) married

Marguerite BOUCHARD-- Date: 4 November 1683 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marguerite BOUCHARD was the child of Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT and Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

groom's name: Rene Delavoye
groom's birth date: 1657
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 26
bride's name: Marguerite Bouchard
bride's birth date: 1665
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 18
marriage date: 04 Nov 1683
marriage place: Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Montmorency, Québec
groom's father's name: Rene Delavoye
groom's mother's name: Anne Godin
bride's father's name: Claude Bouchard
bride's mother's name: Louise Gasnier
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01249-7
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018040
reference number: p59

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2KV-RPP : accessed 05 Jan 2013), Rene Delavoye and Marguerite Bouchard, 04 Nov 1683; citing reference p59, FHL microfilm 1018040.

Marriage found in 1683 index for Drouin Collection at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre
Rene {De} LaVoye and Marguerite Bouchard

"The census of 1681 indicates that Rene Lavoie was a domestic servant at the Seminary of Quebec. On 4 November 1683, he married Marguerite Bouchard, daughter of Claude and of Louise Gagne. The young couple were at their wooded estate in Petite-Riviere by 1684 there they raised ten children and accumulated some wealth...About 1722 this Rene occupied himself with fishing for porpoises. He was even a Captain in the militia for his region. Loved by all, Rene died on 8 December 1731, at the age of 74."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Page 123

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Children of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD:

François-Xavier LAVOIE (b.14 October 1684, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1770, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite SAVARD 12 February 1714 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Rosalie LAVOIE (b.25 April 1686 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1717, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. François ROUSSET 27 November 1708 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Claude LAVOIE (b.19 February 1690, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1717, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE (b.3 January 1693 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 27 September 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France )
m. Helene FORTIN 18 November 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elisabeth LAVOIE (b.19 December 1695 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1714, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie LAVOIE (b.7 February 1698, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1780, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 19 July 1720 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel LAVOIE (b.6 March 1700, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1779 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte FILION 7 November 1724 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jacques LAVOIE (b.1 November 1702, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 September 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY 23 November 1729 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Catherine LAVOIE (b.3 September 1704 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 26 February 1779, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean TREMBLAY 21 April 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph LAVOIE (b.7 May 1707 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1727, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France )

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1657 Birth
3 April 1657
Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1683 Marriage / Partner
René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD 4 November 1683, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 26 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
François-Xavier LAVOIE was born 14 October 1684, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 27 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Rosalie LAVOIE was born 25 April 1686 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 29 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Claude LAVOIE was born 19 February 1690, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 32 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was born 3 January 1693 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 35 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LAVOIE was born 19 December 1695 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 38 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marie LAVOIE was born 7 February 1698, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 40 years old.

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1700
'In March of 1700, Louise (Gagne) gave her sons-in-law Rene Lavoie, Michel Tremblay, and Etienne Simard, each an arpent of grazing land...'
Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984

1700 Birth of Child
Michel LAVOIE was born 6 March 1700, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 42 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Jacques LAVOIE was born 1 November 1702, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 45 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Catherine LAVOIE was born 3 September 1704 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 47 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Joseph LAVOIE was born 7 May 1707 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 50 years old.

1708 Marriage of Child
Rosalie LAVOIE married 27 November 1708, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François ROUSSET

1714 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier LAVOIE married 12 February 1714, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marguerite SAVARD

1714 Death of Child
Elisabeth LAVOIE died 4 July 1714, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

René was 57 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Death of Child
Rosalie LAVOIE died 29 January 1717, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

René was 59 years old.

1717 Death of Child
Claude LAVOIE died 13 February 1717, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

René was 59 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Marriage of Child
Marie LAVOIE married 19 July 1720, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

1721 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE married 18 November 1721 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Helene FORTIN

1724 Marriage of Child
Michel LAVOIE married 7 November 1724 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Josephte FILION

1726 Marriage of Child
Catherine LAVOIE married 21 April 1726 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean TREMBLAY

1727 Death of Child
Joseph LAVOIE died 21 September 1727, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 70 years old.

1729 Marriage of Child
Jacques LAVOIE married 23 November 1729, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY