René LAVOIE

(b. 12 March 1727 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1788 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )

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René LAVOIE was born 12 March 1727 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

René LAVOIE was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD (maternal) Jean FILION and Françoise SENARD

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René married Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY 7 January 1754 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY was born 9 February 1736 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Agathe died 2 November 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Agathe was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine DUFOUR.

René LAVOIE died 26 July 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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René LAVOIE married

Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY-- Date: 7 January 1754 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine DUFOUR

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Children of René LAVOIE and Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY:

René LAVOIE (b.21 January 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

Joseph LAVOIE (b.4 November 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 21 June 1838, Napierville, Lower Canada )

Michel LAVOIE (b.20 January 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. , )

Hippolyte LAVOIE (b.12 August 1762, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 9 July 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

Emerentienne LAVOIE (b.12 October 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 December 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Julien TREMBLAY 19 November 1787 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Felicite LAVOIE (b.6 September 1766, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 September 1804, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Nicolas BOUCHARD 11 November 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gertrude-Francoise LAVOIE (b.20 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Therese LAVOIE (b.12 February 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne LAVOIE (b.6 November 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 January 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. François-Louis GAGNÉ 25 November 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jerome LAVOIE (b.30 August 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie LEMIEUX 17 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1727 Birth
12 March 1727
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
René LAVOIE and Marie-Agathe TREMBLAY 7 January 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 26 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
René LAVOIE was born 21 January 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 27 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Joseph LAVOIE was born 4 November 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Michel LAVOIE was born 20 January 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 32 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Hippolyte LAVOIE was born 12 August 1762, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 35 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Emerentienne LAVOIE was born 12 October 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 37 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Felicite LAVOIE was born 6 September 1766, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 39 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Gertrude-Francoise LAVOIE was born 20 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 41 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Therese LAVOIE was born 12 February 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 45 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LAVOIE was born 6 November 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 47 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Birth of Child
Jerome LAVOIE was born 30 August 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

René was 51 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne LAVOIE married 19 November 1787, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis-Julien TREMBLAY