Theotiste BOIVIN

Born

19 December 1794 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

12 July 1854 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Etienne BOIVIN Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

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Born: 19 December 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne BOIVIN

Mother: Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Augustin BOIVIN , Reine SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Marie-Desanges BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Theotiste married Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE 7 January 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was born 18 February 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 28 November 1865 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Genevieve GAGNON.

Theotiste BOIVIN died 12 July 1854 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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
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Theotiste BOIVIN married

Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE
Marriage date: 7 January 1817
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Genevieve GAGNON

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Felicite LAVOIE

Born: 28 September 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin DUFOUR 9 October 1849 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1794
19 December 1794
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste BOIVIN and Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE 7 January 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 22 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Felicite LAVOIE was born 28 September 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Theotiste was 32 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Felicite LAVOIE married 9 October 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Augustin DUFOUR

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.