Antoine LAFOND

Born

25 May 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

Died

8 July 1841 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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Antoine LAFOND Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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Born: 25 May 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

Father: Antoine LAFOND

Mother: Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAFOND , Marie-Jeanne LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Maternal grandparents: Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE , Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE)

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Antoine married Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 10 November 1783 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 17 December 1764 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève died 23 May 1833 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève was the child of Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Geneviève BENOIT.

Antoine LAFOND died 8 July 1841 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX
Marriage date: 10 November 1783
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Geneviève BENOIT

Children of Antoine LAFOND and Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Louise-Françoise LAFOND

Born: 24 March 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Benoni LEROUX 10 August 1807 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite LAFOND

Born: 29 September 1794, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 23 August 1875, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

Married: Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE 8 September 1817 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1761
25 May 1761
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LAFOND and Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX 10 November 1783 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 22 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Louise-Françoise LAFOND was born 24 March 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 24 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAFOND was born 29 September 1794, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 33 years old.

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Louise-Françoise LAFOND married 10 August 1807, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louis-Benoni LEROUX

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

1817 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LAFOND married 8 September 1817, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX died 23 May 1833, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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

Death — 1841
8 July 1841
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.

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