Francoise SOUCY

Born

20 July 1780 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 January 1856 , Sainte-Luce, Canada East

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Charles-François SOUCY Josephte LECLERC

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Born: 20 July 1780 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles-François SOUCY

Mother: Josephte LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SOUCY dit LAVIGNE , Madeleine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR , Francoise-Marguerite DURAND

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Francoise married Benjamin LAVOIE 20 January 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin LAVOIE was born 10 May 1787 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Benjamin died 28 February 1870 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Benjamin was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Francoise SOUCY died 23 January 1856 in Sainte-Luce, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Francoise SOUCY married

Benjamin LAVOIE
Marriage date: 20 January 1812
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Benjamin LAVOIE was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Children of Benjamin LAVOIE and Francoise SOUCY

Isaac LAVOIE

Born: 12 March 1815, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 22 November 1864, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East

Married: Victoire BOIVIN 10 September 1839 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1780
20 July 1780
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Francoise SOUCY and Benjamin LAVOIE 20 January 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 31 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Isaac LAVOIE was born 12 March 1815, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Francoise was 34 years old.

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)

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Isaac LAVOIE married 10 September 1839, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Victoire BOIVIN

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.