Genevieve LAVOIE

(b. 14 April 1768 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1836 , Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve LAVOIE was born 14 April 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Genevieve LAVOIE was the child of Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Reine DUFOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION (maternal) Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Genevieve married Marcel LEMIEUX 6 November 1792 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcel LEMIEUX was born 16 January 1760 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Marcel died 8 September 1818 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marcel was the child of Charles-Prisque LEMIEUX and Marie-Elisabeth BOULAY.

Genevieve LAVOIE died 29 September 1836 in Isle-aux-Grues, 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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Genevieve LAVOIE married

Marcel LEMIEUX-- Date: 6 November 1792 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
Marcel LEMIEUX was the child of Charles-Prisque LEMIEUX and Marie-Elisabeth BOULAY

Children of Marcel LEMIEUX and Genevieve LAVOIE:

Sophie LEMIEUX (b.20 July 1806, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. 14 February 1864, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada East )
m. Olivier VEZINA 24 November 1835 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1768 Birth
14 April 1768
Cap-St-Ignace, 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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve LAVOIE and Marcel LEMIEUX 6 November 1792, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 24 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1806 Birth of Child
Sophie LEMIEUX was born 20 July 1806, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Genevieve was 38 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.