Charlotte LAVOIE

(b. 1 January 1755 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1836 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte LAVOIE was born 1 January 1755 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Charlotte LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) François MICHAUD and Marie DIONNE

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

Charlotte married Pierre COLLIN 26 February 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre COLLIN was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 5 August 1827 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Pierre was the child of Jacques COLLIN and Brigitte LÉVESQUE.

Charlotte LAVOIE died 4 August 1836 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Charlotte LAVOIE married

Pierre COLLIN-- Date: 26 February 1781 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre COLLIN was the child of Jacques COLLIN and Brigitte LÉVESQUE

Children of Pierre COLLIN and Charlotte LAVOIE:

Marie-Julie COLLIN (b.31 May 1785, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine PARADIS 31 July 1809 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1755 Birth
1 January 1755
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LAVOIE and Pierre COLLIN 26 February 1781, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie COLLIN was born 31 May 1785, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Charlotte was 30 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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie COLLIN married 31 July 1809, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Antoine PARADIS

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.

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)