Benjamin LAVOIE

(b. 10 May 1787 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 February 1870 , Rimouski, Québec, Canada )

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Benjamin LAVOIE was born 10 May 1787 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Benjamin LAVOIE was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile LAVOIE and Elisabeth BECHARD (maternal) Pierre HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Madeleine DUBÉ

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

Benjamin married Francoise SOUCY 20 January 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise SOUCY was born 20 July 1780 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Francoise died 23 January 1856 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer). Francoise was the child of Charles-François SOUCY and Josephte LECLERC.

Benjamin LAVOIE died 28 February 1870 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Benjamin LAVOIE was a Jardinier.

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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Benjamin LAVOIE married

Francoise SOUCY-- Date: 20 January 1812 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Francoise SOUCY was the child of Charles-François SOUCY and Josephte LECLERC

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Children of Benjamin LAVOIE and Francoise SOUCY:

Isaac LAVOIE (b.12 March 1815, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1864, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East)
m. Victoire BOIVIN 10 September 1839 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1787 Birth
10 May 1787
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin LAVOIE and Francoise SOUCY 20 January 1812, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Isaac LAVOIE was born 12 March 1815, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Benjamin was 27 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.

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)

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Isaac LAVOIE married 10 September 1839, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Victoire BOIVIN

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.

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

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise SOUCY died 23 January 1856, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Isaac LAVOIE died 22 November 1864, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 77 years old.

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.