flag male ancestor  Jean-Chrisostôme  GOYETTE

  (b. 17 March 1835 Rigaud, Lower Canada   d. 15 March 1875 East Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario, Canada )  

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Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE was born 17 March 1835 in Rigaud, Lower Canada

Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE was the child of ?   and   ?

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Jean-Chrisostôme  married  Philomene VACHON 22 October 1866 in Rigaud, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene VACHON  was born 12 September 1843 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud).  Philomene died 2 May 1928 in Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. 

Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE died 15 March 1875 in East Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE

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Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE married flag female ancestor Philomene VACHON-- Date: 22 October 1866 Place: Rigaud, Canada East


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Children of Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE and Philomene VACHON:

flag female ancestor Mathilda GOYETTE (b.January 15, 1868, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues,Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada  d. August 2, 1938, La Salle, Manitoba, Canada)
m. Edouard LAFOND 20 March 1891



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birth1835 Birth
17 March 1835
Rigaud, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1866 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE and Philomene VACHON 22 October 1866, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

He was 31 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1868 Birth of Child
Mathilda GOYETTE was born January 15, 1868, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues,Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Chrisostôme was 32 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1875 Death
15 March 1875
East Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

He died at the age of 40.
Added: 10/1/2025 1:13:32 PM - Updated: 10/1/2025 1:14:30 PM

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