Pierre LAVOIE

(b. 30 August 1728 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1811 , Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LAVOIE was born 30 August 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Pierre LAVOIE was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Marguerite BOUCHARD (maternal) Jean FILION and Françoise SENARD

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

Pierre married Marie-Reine DUFOUR 17 November 1756 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Reine DUFOUR was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Reine died 23 October 1812 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Reine was the child of Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY.

Pierre LAVOIE died 30 January 1811 in Isle-aux-Grues, 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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Pierre LAVOIE married

Marie-Reine DUFOUR-- Date: 17 November 1756 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
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Marie-Reine DUFOUR was the child of Bonaventure DUFOUR and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Children of Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Reine DUFOUR:

Pierre-Dominique LAVOIE (b.20 October 1757, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 1 June 1797, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Charlotte LANGLOIS dite ST-JEAN 10 November 1785 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Helene-Elisabeth LAVOIE (b.29 September 1764, Isle-aux-Grues, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 February 1820, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie LEMIEUX 9 October 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Genevieve LAVOIE (b.14 April 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1836, Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada )
m. Marcel LEMIEUX 6 November 1792 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pascal LAVOIE (b.18 April 1771, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 January 1849, La Baie, Canada East )
m. Marie NERON 22 July 1806 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1728 Birth
30 August 1728
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Reine DUFOUR 17 November 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 28 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre-Dominique LAVOIE was born 20 October 1757, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 29 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Helene-Elisabeth LAVOIE was born 29 September 1764, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Genevieve LAVOIE was born 14 April 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Pascal LAVOIE was born 18 April 1771, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre was 42 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Dominique LAVOIE married 10 November 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Charlotte LANGLOIS dite ST-JEAN

1787 Marriage of Child
Helene-Elisabeth LAVOIE married 9 October 1787, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Joseph-Marie LEMIEUX

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Genevieve LAVOIE married 6 November 1792, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Marcel LEMIEUX

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