Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

Born

16 January 1763 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 August 1832 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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, Province of Québec, Canada . Angélique died 15 April 1839 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Angélique was the child of Michel BISSON and Charlotte GELY (GELLY) .

Parents & Family of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

Parents of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

Father

Louis LEVASSEUR

Mother

Marie-Anne JOURNEAU

Grandparents of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

Paternal grandparents

Louis LEVASSEUR Geneviève HUARD

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste JOURNEAU Ursule ALARIE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR

Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR married

Angélique BISSON
Marriage date: 7 January 1789
Marriage 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

Born: abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Reine LEMIEUX 1 February 1831 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1763
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