Pierre LAVOIE

(b. 12 November 1731 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1812 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LAVOIE was born 12 November 1731 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Pierre LAVOIE was the child of Augustin LAVOIE and Marguerite MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Marie-Françoise DUPIL (DUPILLE)

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

Pierre married Marie-Anne GAGNON 3 November 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GAGNON was born 19 April 1733 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Anne died 21 February 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Francois GAGNON and Marie-Anne PELLETIER.

Pierre LAVOIE died 31 January 1812 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre LAVOIE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Pierre LAVOIE married

Marie-Anne GAGNON-- Date: 3 November 1756 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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Marie-Anne GAGNON was the child of Jean-Francois GAGNON and Marie-Anne PELLETIER

Children of Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Anne GAGNON:

Pierre-Charles LAVOIE (b.18 September 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1823, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Genevieve LAVOIE 18 November 1782

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1731 Birth
12 November 1731
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Anne GAGNON 3 November 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 24 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre-Charles LAVOIE was born 18 September 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 25 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.