Constance POTVIN

(b. 26 February 1771 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 January 1822 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Constance POTVIN was born 26 February 1771 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Constance POTVIN was the child of Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel POITEVIN and Françoise TREMBLAY (maternal) Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)

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

Constance married Jean TREMBLAY 6 May 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jean TREMBLAY was born abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean died 3 July 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean was the child of François TREMBLAY and Felicite BOULIANNE.

Constance POTVIN died 9 January 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Constance POTVIN married

Jean TREMBLAY-- Date: 6 May 1788 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Felicite BOULIANNE

Children of Jean TREMBLAY and Constance POTVIN:

Angélique TREMBLAY (b.4 March 1789, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Prosper GIRARD 10 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. François BOUCHARD 5 March 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Theotiste TREMBLAY (b.10 November 1790, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 September 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine TURGEON 28 April 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste TREMBLAY (b.27 September 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1860, Chicoutimi, Canada East )
m. Pierre-Adolphe SIMARD 15 February 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Constance FORTIN 17 November 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Hippolyte TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adelaide GOBEIL 24 February 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Angele TREMBLAY (b.30 August 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Benjamin COTE 17 August 1847 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josephine TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Emmanuel LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE 21 February 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1771 Birth
26 February 1771
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Constance POTVIN and Jean TREMBLAY 6 May 1788, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Angélique TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1789, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Constance was 18 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Theotiste TREMBLAY was born 10 November 1790, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Constance was 19 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
Modeste TREMBLAY was born 27 September 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Constance was 23 years old.

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

1809 Birth of Child
Angele TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Constance was 38 years old.

1813 Marriage of Child
Theotiste TREMBLAY married 28 April 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Antoine TURGEON

1814 Marriage of Child
Modeste TREMBLAY married 15 February 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Pierre-Adolphe SIMARD

1815 Marriage of Child
Angélique TREMBLAY married 10 January 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Prosper GIRARD

1815 Death of Child
Theotiste TREMBLAY died 17 September 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Constance was 44 years old.

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 17 November 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Constance FORTIN

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England