Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE

Born

18 February 1785 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 November 1865 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Joseph LAVOIE Genevieve GAGNON

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Born: 18 February 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph LAVOIE

Mother: Genevieve GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LAVOIE , Marie-Madeleine GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

Maternal grandparents: Etienne GAGNON , Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Theotiste BOIVIN 7 January 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste BOIVIN was born 19 December 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Theotiste died 12 July 1854 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Theotiste was the child of Etienne BOIVIN and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE died 28 November 1865 in Chicoutimi, 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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Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE married

Theotiste BOIVIN
Marriage date: 7 January 1817
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Theotiste BOIVIN was the child of Etienne BOIVIN and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

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Felicite LAVOIE

Born: 28 September 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin DUFOUR 9 October 1849 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1785
18 February 1785
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Theotiste BOIVIN 7 January 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 31 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Felicite LAVOIE was born 28 September 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Felicite LAVOIE married 9 October 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Augustin DUFOUR

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Theotiste BOIVIN died 12 July 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

Death — 1865
28 November 1865
Chicoutimi, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.

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