Scholastique THIBAULT

(b. 28 November 1781 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 November 1857 , La Baie, Canada East )

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Scholastique THIBAULT was born 28 November 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Scholastique THIBAULT was the child of André THIBAULT and Agathe SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois-Xavier THIBAULT and Madeleine POULIN (maternal) Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)

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Scholastique married Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) 19 November 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) was born 6 January 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Louis died 14 April 1867 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Louis was the child of Joseph POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Rose GAGNON.

Scholastique THIBAULT died 10 November 1857 in La Baie, Canada East .
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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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Scholastique THIBAULT married

Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN)-- Date: 19 November 1799 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) was the child of Joseph POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Rose GAGNON

Children of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULT:

Judith POTVIN (b.22 September 1800, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 14 August 1896, Laterrière, Québec, Canada)
m. Sauveur ST-GELAIS 28 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Adelaide POITEVIN (POTVIN) (b.18 September 1802, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Theodore TRUCHON 14 January 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis POTVIN (b.15 September 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne BOUCHARD 15 August 1845 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Prudent POTVIN (b.8 March 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1891, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Rachelle BOUCHARD 10 August 1843 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Seraphine-Sara POTVIN (b.5 October 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Zacharie BOUCHARD 6 February 1843 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1781 Birth
28 November 1781
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Scholastique THIBAULT and Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) 19 November 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Judith POTVIN was born 22 September 1800, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Scholastique was 18 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Adelaide POITEVIN (POTVIN) was born 18 September 1802, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Scholastique was 20 years old.

1815 Marriage of Child
Judith POTVIN married 28 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Sauveur ST-GELAIS

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Louis POTVIN was born 15 September 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Scholastique was 35 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
Prudent POTVIN was born 8 March 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Scholastique was 39 years old.

1823 Marriage of Child
Adelaide POITEVIN (POTVIN) married 14 January 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Theodore TRUCHON

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Seraphine-Sara POTVIN was born 5 October 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Scholastique was 42 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Seraphine-Sara POTVIN married 6 February 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Zacharie BOUCHARD

1843 Marriage of Child
Prudent POTVIN married 10 August 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Rachelle BOUCHARD

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Louis POTVIN married 15 August 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie-Anne BOUCHARD

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

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

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