Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

Born

7 September 1788 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 June 1857 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Marie-Marguerite married Etienne SEVIGNY 28 October 1806 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
Etienne SEVIGNY was born 19 October 1784 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Etienne died 2 August 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Etienne was the child of Étienne SÉVIGNY and Marie-Anne DUBOIS .

Parents & Family of Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

Parents of Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

Father

Francois LEVASSEUR

Mother

Charlotte GAILLOUX

Grandparents of Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

Paternal grandparents

Denis-Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER

Maternal grandparents

Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX

m. Pepin Augustin
m. Sevigny Etienne

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR married

Etienne SEVIGNY
Marriage date: 28 October 1806
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Etienne SEVIGNY was the child of Étienne SÉVIGNY and Marie-Anne DUBOIS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Etienne SEVIGNY and Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1788
7 September 1788
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR and Etienne SEVIGNY 28 October 1806 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 18 years old.

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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne SEVIGNY died 2 August 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

Death — 1857
14 June 1857
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
She died at the age of 68.

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