Louis LAJOIE

(b. 6 June 1751 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1808 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Louis LAJOIE was born 6 June 1751 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Louis LAJOIE was the child of François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Louis married Thecle BOUCHARD 9 August 1774 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Thecle BOUCHARD was born 30 November 1754 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Thecle died 2 May 1805 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Thecle was the child of Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD.

Louis LAJOIE died 16 December 1808 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 LAJOIE married

Thecle BOUCHARD-- Date: 9 August 1774 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Thecle BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD

Children of Louis LAJOIE and Thecle BOUCHARD:

Thecle LAJOIE (b.20 June 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 November 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Amable MAILLOUX 8 July 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis LAJOIE (b.28 October 1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 January 1840, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Modeste HARVEY 7 November 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)
m. Marie-Josephe DESGAGNES 27 June 1820 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Emerentienne LAJOIE (b.21 April 1781, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 November 1853, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 7 November 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Etienne LAJOIE (b.25 June 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 November 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Therese TREMBLAY 6 May 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Damase LAJOIE (b.abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 October 1856, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 11 November 1822 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1751 Birth
6 June 1751
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Louis LAJOIE and Thecle BOUCHARD 9 August 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 23 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Thecle LAJOIE was born 20 June 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 24 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Louis LAJOIE was born 28 October 1778, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 27 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Emerentienne LAJOIE was born 21 April 1781, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 29 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Etienne LAJOIE was born 25 June 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 34 years old.

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Thecle LAJOIE married 8 July 1794, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Amable MAILLOUX

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne LAJOIE married 7 November 1803, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

1803 Marriage of Child
Louis LAJOIE married 7 November 1803, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Modeste HARVEY