Louis LAVOIE

Born

29 November 1732 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

24 October 1805 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE Helene FORTIN

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Born: 29 November 1732 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE

Mother: Helene FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) , Marguerite BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE , Catherine BIVILLE

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Louis married Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD 10 January 1757 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD was born 27 May 1739 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Julie-Judith died 4 June 1823 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie-Julie-Judith was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Françoise MEUNIER.

Louis LAVOIE died 24 October 1805 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD
Marriage date: 10 January 1757
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Françoise MEUNIER

Children of Louis LAVOIE and Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD

Louis-Marie LAVOIE

Born: 16 October 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 29 May 1828, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Genevieve GUIMOND 22 November 1785 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Etienne LAVOIE

Born: 12 November 1760, Les Éboulements, Canada
Died: 16 March 1830, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite CHARRON 28 January 1788 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Julie LAVOIE

Born: 14 October 1762, Les Éboulements, Canada
Died: 5 December 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Augustin-Antoine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 30 January 1786 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1732
29 November 1732
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Louis LAVOIE and Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD 10 January 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 24 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie LAVOIE was born 16 October 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louis was 25 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Etienne LAVOIE was born 12 November 1760, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 27 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie LAVOIE was born 14 October 1762, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 29 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie LAVOIE married 22 November 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Genevieve GUIMOND

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie LAVOIE married 30 January 1786, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Augustin-Antoine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

1788 Marriage of Child
Etienne LAVOIE married 28 January 1788, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marguerite CHARRON

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

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

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