Geneviève LAFOREST

Born

22 July 1797 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Died

28 February 1865 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

Parents & Family of Geneviève LAFOREST

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Born: 22 July 1797 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Parents of Geneviève LAFOREST

Father

Joseph-Marie JOLY dit LAFOREST

Mother

Marie-Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND

Grandparents of Geneviève LAFOREST

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit LAFOREST Charlotte VALOIS

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE)

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

Geneviève married Pierre GODIN 8 February 1820 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GODIN was born 1 February 1783 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 18 September 1845 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East . Pierre was the child of Jean GODIN and Madeleine CARPENTIER.

Geneviève LAFOREST died 28 February 1865 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève LAFOREST

Geneviève LAFOREST married

Pierre GODIN
Marriage date: 8 February 1820
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Pierre GODIN was the child of Jean GODIN and Madeleine CARPENTIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre GODIN and Geneviève LAFOREST

Edese GODIN

Born: abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 January 1880, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST 5 September 1854 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
22 July 1797
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève LAFOREST and Pierre GODIN 8 February 1820, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England