Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

(b. 16 January 1763 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 August 1832 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR was born 16 January 1763 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR was the child of Louis LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne JOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEVASSEUR and Geneviève HUARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste JOURNEAU and Ursule ALARIE

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

Joseph-Marie married Angélique BISSON 7 January 1789 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique BISSON was born 19 June 1764 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Angélique died 15 April 1839 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Angélique was the child of Michel BISSON and Charlotte GELY (GELLY).

Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR died 20 August 1832 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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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Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR married

Angélique BISSON-- Date: 7 January 1789 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique BISSON was the child of Michel BISSON and Charlotte GELY (GELLY)

Children of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR and Angélique BISSON:

Louis-Joachim LEVASSEUR (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Reine LEMIEUX 1 February 1831 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1763 Birth
16 January 1763
Lauzon, Lévis, 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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR and Angélique BISSON 7 January 1789, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 25 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)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Louis-Joachim LEVASSEUR married 1 February 1831, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Reine LEMIEUX