Felicite LAVOIE

Born

18 December 1821 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

13 January 1867 , La Baie, Canada East

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Etienne LAVOIE Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD

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Born: 18 December 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne LAVOIE

Mother: Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Dominique LAVOIE , Charlotte DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Amable BOUCHARD , Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Felicite married Charles GAGNON 22 November 1842 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles GAGNON was born 9 December 1819 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Charles was the child of Charles GAGNON and Charlotte GIRARD.

Felicite LAVOIE died 13 January 1867 in La Baie, 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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Felicite LAVOIE married

Charles GAGNON
Marriage date: 22 November 1842
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Charles GAGNON was the child of Charles GAGNON and Charlotte GIRARD

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Children of Charles GAGNON and Felicite LAVOIE

Marie GAGNON

Born: 9 March 1850, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 20 June 1923, St-André-du-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Stanislas-Simeon TREMBLAY 10 January 1872 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1821
18 December 1821
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Felicite LAVOIE and Charles GAGNON 22 November 1842, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 20 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 9 March 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Felicite was 28 years old.

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)