Laurent LAVOIE

(b. 9 August 1801 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 14 February 1884 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Laurent LAVOIE was born 9 August 1801 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Laurent LAVOIE was the child of Michel-Rene LAVOIE and Marie GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAVOIE and Marie-Agathe GAGNON (maternal) Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

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

Laurent married Marie BOIVIN 9 June 1828 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie BOIVIN was born 19 May 1804 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 6 April 1879 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Theotiste GIRARD.

Laurent LAVOIE died 14 February 1884 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, 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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Laurent LAVOIE married

Marie BOIVIN-- Date: 9 June 1828 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Marie BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Theotiste GIRARD

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Children of Laurent LAVOIE and Marie BOIVIN:

Eusebe LAVOIE (b.1 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1894, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES 19 September 1853 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Michel LAVOIE (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 August 1911, Magog, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie GAGNON 16 February 1857 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1801 Birth
9 August 1801
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Laurent LAVOIE and Marie BOIVIN 9 June 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Eusebe LAVOIE was born 1 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Laurent was 27 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Eusebe LAVOIE married 19 September 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Michel LAVOIE married 16 February 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie GAGNON

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.