Helene FORTIN

(b. 23 May 1705 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1773 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Helene FORTIN was born 23 May 1705 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Helene FORTIN was the child of Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Catherine BIVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) François BIVILLE dit LE PICARD and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Helene married Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE 18 November 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was born 3 January 1693 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Jean-Baptiste died 27 September 1748 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Jean-Baptiste was the child of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD.

Helene FORTIN died 1 March 1773 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Helene FORTIN

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Helene FORTIN married

Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE-- Date: 18 November 1721 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
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Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was the child of René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Helene FORTIN:

Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE (b.29 November 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )

Louise LAVOIE (b.29 November 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph LAVOIE (b.20 April 1725, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charlotte GAGNON 18 January 1745 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Dominique LAVOIE (b.2 June 1727, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1805, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine-Rose SIMARD 7 January 1754 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

François LAVOIE (b.7 October 1729, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 25 January 1799, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Agathe GAGNON 24 January 1757 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis LAVOIE (b.29 November 1732, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 24 October 1805, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD 10 January 1757 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Procule LAVOIE (b.9 February 1735, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1769, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Augustin GIRARD 7 January 1754 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Michel LAVOIE (b.29 March 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 23 December 1780, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD 31 January 1764 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Stanislas LAVOIE (b.13 August 1740, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 24 February 1804, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DUVAL 26 October 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Ursule-Sophie-Victoire SIMARD dite LOMBRET 15 July 1782 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Edouard LAVOIE (b.16 December 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine-Angelique GAGNON 17 January 1775 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marguerite LAVOIE (b.16 December 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre GAGNON 26 January 1762 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Geneviève LAVOIE (b.24 December 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 2 July 1808, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Prisque SIMARD 31 January 1763 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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1705 Birth
23 May 1705
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1721 Marriage / Partner
Helene FORTIN and Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE 18 November 1721 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was born 29 November 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Helene was 17 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Louise LAVOIE was born 29 November 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Helene was 17 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Joseph LAVOIE was born 20 April 1725, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 19 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Dominique LAVOIE was born 2 June 1727, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 22 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
François LAVOIE was born 7 October 1729, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 24 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Louis LAVOIE was born 29 November 1732, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Helene was 27 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Marie-Procule LAVOIE was born 9 February 1735, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 29 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Michel LAVOIE was born 29 March 1737, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 31 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Stanislas LAVOIE was born 13 August 1740, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 35 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Edouard LAVOIE was born 16 December 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 38 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAVOIE was born 16 December 1743, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 38 years old.

1745 Marriage of Child
Joseph LAVOIE married 18 January 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Charlotte GAGNON

1745 Birth of Child
Geneviève LAVOIE was born 24 December 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Helene was 40 years old.

1748 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE died 27 September 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage of Child
Dominique LAVOIE married 7 January 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Madeleine-Rose SIMARD

1754 Marriage of Child
Marie-Procule LAVOIE married 7 January 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Augustin GIRARD

1757 Marriage of Child
Louis LAVOIE married 10 January 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD

1757 Marriage of Child
François LAVOIE married 24 January 1757, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Agathe GAGNON

1762 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LAVOIE married 26 January 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Pierre GAGNON

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LAVOIE married 31 January 1763, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis-Prisque SIMARD

1764 Marriage of Child
Michel LAVOIE married 31 January 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD

1769 Death of Child
Marie-Procule LAVOIE died 18 November 1769, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Helene was 64 years old.

1773 Death
1 March 1773
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 67.

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