Marie-Françoise LAVOIE

(b. 7 April 1740 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1795 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise LAVOIE was born 7 April 1740 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise LAVOIE was the child of Augustin LAVOIE and Angélique DUCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Françoise GUIMOND (maternal) Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY

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

Marie-Françoise married François LITTLEFIELD 8 February 1768 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François LITTLEFIELD was born 12 October 1732 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). François was the child of Pierre Augustin LITTLEFIELD and Marie-Geneviève BRUNEL.

Marie-Françoise LAVOIE died 28 May 1795 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Françoise LAVOIE married

François LITTLEFIELD-- Date: 8 February 1768 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
François LITTLEFIELD was the child of Pierre Augustin LITTLEFIELD and Marie-Geneviève BRUNEL

Children of François LITTLEFIELD and Marie-Françoise LAVOIE:

Marguerite LITTLEFIELD (b.11 July 1772, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre PEPIN 8 October 1792 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1740 Birth
7 April 1740
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise LAVOIE and François LITTLEFIELD 8 February 1768, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 27 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marguerite LITTLEFIELD was born 11 July 1772, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Françoise was 32 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)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LITTLEFIELD married 8 October 1792, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Pierre PEPIN

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