Jean-Marie LAVOIE

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3 September 1757 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Died

30 July 1814 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Dominique LAVOIE Madeleine-Rose SIMARD

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Born: 3 September 1757 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Father: Dominique LAVOIE

Mother: Madeleine-Rose SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE , Helene FORTIN

Maternal grandparents: Prisque SIMARD , Angélique GAGNON

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Jean-Marie married Marie DESBIENS 5 November 1792 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie DESBIENS was born abt. 1764 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie died 13 October 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT).

Jean-Marie LAVOIE died 30 July 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower 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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Jean-Marie LAVOIE married

Marie DESBIENS
Marriage date: 5 November 1792
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Marie DESBIENS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Children of Jean-Marie LAVOIE and Marie DESBIENS

Louis-Henri LAVOIE

Born: 9 November 1798, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 7 April 1855, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Married: Genevieve GAUDREAU 18 January 1820 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Gregoire LAVOIE

Born: 25 May 1800, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 October 1857, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Married: Soulanges HARVEY 31 August 1824 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Benoit LAVOIE

Born: 23 July 1805, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 28 October 1869, Ste-Cécile, Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite TREMBLAY 14 June 1831 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1757
3 September 1757
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

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.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie LAVOIE and Marie DESBIENS 5 November 1792, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 35 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Birth of Child
Louis-Henri LAVOIE was born 9 November 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Marie was 41 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Birth of Child
Gregoire LAVOIE was born 25 May 1800, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Marie was 42 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Benoit LAVOIE was born 23 July 1805, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Marie was 47 years old.