Helene-Amable GOYER

(b. 5 March 1737 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1815 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Helene-Amable GOYER was born 5 March 1737 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Helene-Amable GOYER was the child of Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE and Apolline DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE and Helene COURAULT (maternal) Joseph-Antoine DUBOIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Louise PLUMEREAU

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

Helene-Amable married Pierre DEVOYAU 11 July 1763 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DEVOYAU was born 29 October 1735 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 6 March 1801 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX.

Helene-Amable GOYER died 21 January 1815 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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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Helene-Amable GOYER married

Pierre DEVOYAU-- Date: 11 July 1763 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre DEVOYAU was the child of Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX

Children of Pierre DEVOYAU and Helene-Amable GOYER:

Catherine DEVOYAU (b.12 June 1768, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 October 1841, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Francois DROUIN 9 February 1795 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1737 Birth
5 March 1737
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

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 / Partner
Helene-Amable GOYER and Pierre DEVOYAU 11 July 1763, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Catherine DEVOYAU was born 12 June 1768, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Helene-Amable was 31 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.