Michel-Archange POTVIN

(b. 23 April 1791 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1881 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Michel-Archange POTVIN was born 23 April 1791 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Michel-Archange POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Silvie GRENON

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

Michel-Archange married Marie-Ursule LAVOIE 25 November 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Ursule LAVOIE was born 10 September 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Ursule died 4 December 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Ursule was the child of Damase LAVOIE and Ursule FILION.

Michel-Archange POTVIN died 30 October 1881 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 Michel-Archange POTVIN

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Michel-Archange POTVIN married

Marie-Ursule LAVOIE-- Date: 25 November 1817 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Ursule LAVOIE was the child of Damase LAVOIE and Ursule FILION

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Children of Michel-Archange POTVIN and Marie-Ursule LAVOIE:

Angele POTVIN (b.16 April 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Isaie GIRARD 3 February 1845 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Eleonore POTVIN (b.17 August 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1891, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )
m. Philibert TREMBLAY 5 August 1850 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1791 Birth
23 April 1791
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Michel-Archange POTVIN and Marie-Ursule LAVOIE 25 November 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 26 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

1821 Birth of Child
Angele POTVIN was born 16 April 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel-Archange was 30 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Eleonore POTVIN was born 17 August 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Michel-Archange was 31 years old.

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)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Ursule LAVOIE died 4 December 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Angele POTVIN married 3 February 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Isaie GIRARD

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Eleonore POTVIN married 5 August 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Philibert TREMBLAY

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.