Louise SIMARD

(b. 2 September 1726 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1784 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louise SIMARD was born 2 September 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Louise SIMARD was the child of Paul SIMARD and Geneviève GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE and Marie-Madeleine RACINE (maternal) Germain GAGNON and Jeanne DAVID

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Louise married Michel LAVOIE 19 November 1753 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Michel LAVOIE was born 14 August 1725 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Michel died 24 January 1788 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Michel was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION.

Louise SIMARD died 13 February 1784 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Louise SIMARD

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Louise SIMARD married

Michel LAVOIE-- Date: 19 November 1753 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
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Michel LAVOIE was the child of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Josephte FILION

Children of Michel LAVOIE and Louise SIMARD:

Marie-Josephte LAVOIE (b.25 September 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1831, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY 9 November 1772 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Michel LAVOIE (b.14 October 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1839, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique THIBODEAU 1 August 1791 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Marie TREMBLAY 4 February 1811 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Etienne LAVOIE (b.19 July 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada d. 10 May 1839, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY 30 July 1799 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Mathurin-Balthazar LAVOIE (b.19 July 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada d. 5 November 1827, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )

Michel LAVOIE (b.abt. 1774, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1726 Birth
2 September 1726
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism found at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Louise SIMARD and Michel LAVOIE 19 November 1753, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

She was 27 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LAVOIE was born 25 September 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise was 28 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Michel LAVOIE was born 14 October 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise was 33 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Etienne LAVOIE was born 19 July 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise was 35 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Mathurin-Balthazar LAVOIE was born 19 July 1762, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Louise was 35 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte LAVOIE married 9 November 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY

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.