Louis CANTIN

(b. 6 November 1740 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1818 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Louis CANTIN was born 6 November 1740 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Louis CANTIN was the child of Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marguerite LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie MATHIEU (maternal) Adrien LECLERC and Geneviève PARADIS

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Louis married Geneviève LEVASSEUR 7 October 1771 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LEVASSEUR was born 6 March 1754 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Geneviève died 29 November 1834 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Geneviève was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne JOURNEAU.

Louis CANTIN died 25 December 1818 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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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Louis CANTIN married

Geneviève LEVASSEUR-- Date: 7 October 1771 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève LEVASSEUR was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne JOURNEAU

Children of Louis CANTIN and Geneviève LEVASSEUR:

Charlotte CANTIN (b.28 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Alexis PAQUET 22 September 1806 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1740 Birth
6 November 1740
Lauzon, Lévis, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Louis CANTIN and Geneviève LEVASSEUR 7 October 1771 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 30 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)

1786 Birth of Child
Charlotte CANTIN was born 28 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Louis was 45 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Charlotte CANTIN married 22 September 1806 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Alexis PAQUET

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