Michel LAVOIE

(b. 4 July 1765 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 May 1826 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Michel LAVOIE was born 4 July 1765 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel LAVOIE was the child of Joseph-Marie LAVOIE and Madeleine BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION (maternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Louise GUIMOND

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

Michel married Marguerite ARBOUR 27 February 1786 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ARBOUR was born 13 February 1765 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marguerite died 20 April 1826 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Elisabeth RENAUD dite DAGUET.

Michel LAVOIE died 6 May 1826 in L'Islet, 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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Michel LAVOIE married

Marguerite ARBOUR-- Date: 27 February 1786 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marguerite ARBOUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR and Elisabeth RENAUD dite DAGUET

Children of Michel LAVOIE and Marguerite ARBOUR:

Marie-Angelique LAVOIE (b.15 March 1787, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Prisque JALBERT 18 January 1814 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1765 Birth
4 July 1765
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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Michel LAVOIE and Marguerite ARBOUR 27 February 1786, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 20 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique LAVOIE was born 15 March 1787, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Michel was 21 years old.

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)

1814 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique LAVOIE married 18 January 1814, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Prisque JALBERT

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