Augustin LAVOIE

Born

30 December 1801 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

14 November 1878 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Dominique LAVOIE Charlotte DESBIENS

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Born: 30 December 1801 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Dominique LAVOIE

Mother: Charlotte DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: Dominique LAVOIE , Madeleine-Rose SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS , Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Augustin married Marcelline GAGNON 24 January 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline GAGNON was born 5 November 1808 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marcelline was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Josephte-Luce BOUCHARD.

Augustin LAVOIE died 14 November 1878 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Augustin LAVOIE married

Marcelline GAGNON
Marriage date: 24 January 1825
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marcelline GAGNON was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Josephte-Luce BOUCHARD

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Children of Augustin LAVOIE and Marcelline GAGNON

Philomene LAVOIE

Born: 6 May 1837, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 22 February 1859 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1801
30 December 1801
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Augustin LAVOIE and Marcelline GAGNON 24 January 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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 Birth of Child
Philomene LAVOIE was born 6 May 1837, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Augustin was 35 years old.

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)

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Philomene LAVOIE married 22 February 1859, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.