Luce LAVOIE

Born

abt. 1825 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

4 August 1904 , St-Gédéon, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

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Henri LAVOIE Antoinette-Elisabeth FORTIN

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Born: abt. 1825 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Henri LAVOIE

Mother: Antoinette-Elisabeth FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Damase LAVOIE , Ursule FILION

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN , Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU

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

Luce married Leandre POTVIN 3 February 1846 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leandre POTVIN was born abt. 1815 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Leandre was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT.

Luce LAVOIE died 4 August 1904 in St-Gédéon, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, 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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Luce LAVOIE married

Leandre POTVIN
Marriage date: 3 February 1846
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Leandre POTVIN was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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Children of Leandre POTVIN and Luce LAVOIE

Georgienne POTVIN

Born: 6 December 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 24 January 1865 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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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 - 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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Luce LAVOIE and Leandre POTVIN 3 February 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1846 Birth of Child
Georgienne POTVIN was born 6 December 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Georgienne POTVIN married 24 January 1865, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Pierre TREMBLAY

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.