Josephte-Marie-Francoise LAVAU

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6 March 1744 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

20 May 1799 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Charles LAVAU Josephte-Francoise BOIVIN

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Born: 6 March 1744 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Charles LAVAU

Mother: Josephte-Francoise BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LAVAU , Marguerite MARTIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François BOIVIN , Angélique JOBIN

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Josephte-Marie-Francoise married Noel LANGLOIS 16 January 1764 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noel LANGLOIS was born 7 March 1744 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Noel died 15 November 1802 in Canada. Noel was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Geneviève SEDILOT.

Josephte-Marie-Francoise LAVAU died 20 May 1799 in Québec, Lower Canada .
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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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Noel LANGLOIS
Marriage date: 16 January 1764
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Noel LANGLOIS was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Geneviève SEDILOT

Children of Noel LANGLOIS and Josephte-Marie-Francoise LAVAU

Joseph-Noel LANGLOIS

Born: abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie PAQUET 28 February 1791 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1744
6 March 1744
Québec, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Josephte-Marie-Francoise LAVAU and Noel LANGLOIS 16 January 1764, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 19 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Noel LANGLOIS married 28 February 1791, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie PAQUET

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)