Theophile LAVOIE

Born

16 October 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

20 May 1892 , Roberval, Québec, Canada

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Pascal LAVOIE Marie NERON

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Born: 16 October 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Pascal LAVOIE

Mother: Marie NERON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAVOIE , Marie-Reine DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents: Jean NERON , Marie-Elisabeth BOUCHARD

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

Theophile married Elisabeth SIMARD 5 September 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth SIMARD was born 22 September 1832 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elisabeth died 12 December 1864 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Elisabeth was the child of Alexis SIMARD and Elisabeth TREMBLAY.

Theophile LAVOIE died 20 May 1892 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Theophile LAVOIE

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Theophile LAVOIE married

Elisabeth SIMARD
Marriage date: 5 September 1849
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East

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Elisabeth SIMARD was the child of Alexis SIMARD and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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Children of Theophile LAVOIE and Elisabeth SIMARD

Arthemise LAVOIE

Born: 25 December 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 17 September 1878 Place: Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1820
16 October 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

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 / Partner
Theophile LAVOIE and Elisabeth SIMARD 5 September 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Arthemise LAVOIE was born 25 December 1857, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Theophile was 37 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth SIMARD died 12 December 1864, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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.