Michel LAVOIE

(b. 22 January 1718 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 19 February 1804 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Michel LAVOIE was born 22 January 1718 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Michel LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Françoise GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Anne GODIN (GAUDIN) (maternal) Joseph GUIMOND and Anne PARÉ

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Michel married Marie-Geneviève GAGNON 4 October 1745 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève GAGNON was born 20 May 1719 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marie-Geneviève died abt. 1745 Marie-Geneviève was the child of François GAGNON and Marguerite BELANGER.

Michel LAVOIE died 19 February 1804 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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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Michel LAVOIE married

Marie-Geneviève GAGNON-- Date: 4 October 1745 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
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Marie-Geneviève GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Marguerite BELANGER

groom's name: Michel Lavoie
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groom's age:
bride's name: Marie Gagnon
bride's birth date:
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marriage date: 04 Oct 1745
marriage place: St. Joachim, Montmorency, Quebec
groom's father's name: Joseph Lavoie
groom's mother's name: Marie Francoise Guimont
bride's father's name: Francois Gagnon
bride's mother's name: Marguerite Bellanger
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
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indexing project (batch) number: M00868-0
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1290539
reference number: p 77

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 31 Jan 2013), Marguerite Bellanger in entry for Michel Lavoie and Marie Gagnon, 04 Oct 1745; citing reference p 77, FHL microfilm 1290539.

Children of Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Geneviève GAGNON:

Joseph LAVOIE (b.abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 April 1820 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Monique-Veronique BOUCHER 29 May 1775 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1718 Birth
22 January 1718
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Michel LAVOIE and Marie-Geneviève GAGNON 4 October 1745 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph LAVOIE married 29 May 1775 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Monique-Veronique BOUCHER

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.