flag male ancestor  Jean  LAVOIE

  (b. 6 December 1802 Rimouski, Lower Canada   d. 11 December 1886 Pointe-au-Père, Canada )  

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Jean LAVOIE was born 6 December 1802 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Jean LAVOIE was the child of Louis-Marie LAVOIE   and   Genevieve GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis LAVOIE and Marie-Julie-Judith SIMARD (maternal)  Claude-Joseph GUIMOND and Agnes-Anne-Elisabeth FORTIN

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Jean  married  Genevieve BOUILLON 13 February 1827 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve BOUILLON  was born 23 September 1809 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).  Genevieve was the child of Jean Baptiste BOUILLON and Agnes COTE.

Jean LAVOIE died 11 December 1886 in Pointe-au-Père, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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birth1802 Birth
6 December 1802
Rimouski, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean LAVOIE and Genevieve BOUILLON 13 February 1827, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 24 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Birth of Child
Agnes LAVOIE was born 23 July 1855, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Jean was 52 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1877 Marriage of Child
Agnes LAVOIE married 24 April 1877, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Jean Baptiste "John" FRANCOEUR
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
11 December 1886
Pointe-au-Père, Canada

He died at the age of 84.
Added: 5/23/2024 2:05:56 PM - Updated: 5/23/2024 2:14:07 PM

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