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28 November 1628 Rouen, France

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Born: 28 November 1628 in Rouen, France

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René was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

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René  married  Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) 19 April 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne GODIN (GAUDIN)  was born 16 October 1639 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Anne died 26 February 1678 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France .  Anne was the child of Elie GODIN and Esther RAMAGE.

René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) died 11 March 1696 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Spouses, Marriages & Children of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE)

René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) married immigrant flag female ancestor Anne GODIN (GAUDIN)
Marriage date: 19 April 1656
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) was the child of Elie GODIN and Esther RAMAGE

Marriage notes:
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Rene De la voye and Anne Godin
"Of the four Godin children...Anne, the eldest, was born at La Rochelle on 18 October 1639 and married the ex-Calvinist Rene de La Voie in 1656 at the age of seventeen."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 128

Children of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Anne GODIN (GAUDIN)


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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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BirthBirth — 1628
28 November 1628
Rouen, France
1654
'RENE LAVOIE IS SAID TO BE ORIGINALLY FROM ROUEN... RENE LAVOIE'S FATHER AND MOTHER WERE RENE SENIOR AND ISABELL BELANGER. ONE DAY, IN ABOUT 1654, RENE TOOK TO THE OPEN SEA TO MAKE HIS WAY TO QUEBEC IN THE HEART OF NEW FRANCE.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XI, PAGE 119
marriage1656 Marriage / Partner
René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) 19 April 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 27 years old.
1657 Birth of Child
René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) was born 3 April 1657, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

René was 28 years old.
1664 Birth of Child
Anne LAVOIE was born 17 February 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

René was 35 years old.
1666 Birth of Child
Pierre LAVOIE was born 3 August 1666, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

René was 37 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Jacques LAVOIE was born 12 September 1669 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

René was 40 years old.
1672 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE was born 1 April 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

René was 43 years old.
1675 Birth of Child
Brigitte LAVOIE was born 24 March 1675, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

René was 46 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Joseph LAVOIE was born 13 January 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

René was 49 years old.
1678 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) died 26 February 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)
marriage1683 Marriage of Child
René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) married 4 November 1683, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Marguerite BOUCHARD
marriage1683 Marriage of Child
Anne LAVOIE married 22 November 1683 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Pierre ALLARD dit BARILLET
1686 Death of Child
Anne LAVOIE died 3 August 1686, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

René was 57 years old.
marriage1687 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE married 6 October 1687, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Etienne GODARD dit LAPOINTE
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Jean-François LAVOIE married 22 October 1688, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER
1696 Death Chateau Richer
Death recorded in Index for La Visitation de Notre Dame, Chateau Richer, Quebec in Drouin Collection.

Rene De La Voye

'The circumstances of the death of our ancestor deserve to be reported. On 11 March 1696, Rene Lavoie died at Chateau-Richer where he had been staying, perhaps at the home of his daughter Marie-Madeleine, wife of Etienne Godard. The very touching burial act reports this: '...died rene de la voye... dying suddenly in the road where he was beginning his walk to Holy Mass in the church of this parish.' In his walk to church, Rene found the road to Heaven!'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Page 127
Death
Name: Rene Delavoye
Gender: Male
burial date: 12 Mar 1696
burial
Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
Death Date: 11 Mar 1696
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Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
Age: 63
Birth Date: 1633
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Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
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Name: Anne Godin
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
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Film Number: 1018161
reference number: P-141 S-1

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Rene Delavoye, 11 Mar 1696; citing reference P-141 S-1, FHL microfilm 1018161.
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