Louis CASAVANT

Born

4 November 1727 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

8 March 1786 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE Marie-Madeleine PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS

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Born: 4 November 1727 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE , Jeanne CHARPENTIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean PEPIN dit DESCARDONNETS , Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU (LOYSEAU)

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Louis married Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS 24 January 1752 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS was born 9 April 1732 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 9 January 1767 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Charlotte was the child of Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS and Catherine LEMOINE.

Louis married (2) Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC 10 October 1768 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC was born 2 November 1749 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe died 4 October 1794 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe was the child of François SAVIGNAC and Marie-Angélique GUILLET.

Louis CASAVANT died 8 March 1786 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS
Marriage date: 24 January 1752
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS and Catherine LEMOINE

Children of Louis CASAVANT and Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS

Marie-Charlotte CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 2 November 1752, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 28 October 1838, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Marie-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 16 November 1772 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: Jean-Baptiste NORMANDIN 12 January 1795 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis CASVANT dit LADEBAUCHE

Born: 3 February 1754, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 6 May 1838, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada

Married: Desanges FONTAINE dite BIENVENU 21 October 1776 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Josephte CASAVANT

Born: 13 August 1755, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Jacques-Hippolyte MORAND 28 July 1788 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE

Born: 31 July 1757, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 26 May 1819, Verchères, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise SAVIGNAC 28 June 1781 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE 24 February 1800 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph-Marie CASAVANT

Born: 2 March 1759, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT

Born: 12 July 1760, Verchères, Canada
Died: 28 December 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques VETU dit BELAIR 7 April 1777 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 3 January 1763, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angelique VETU dite BELAIR 18 March 1783 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis CASAVANT married

Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC
Marriage date: 10 October 1768
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC was the child of François SAVIGNAC and Marie-Angélique GUILLET

Children of Louis CASAVANT and Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC

Antoine CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 26 July 1770, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 21 September 1851, Verchères, Canada East

Married: Marie-Louise FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS 9 September 1793 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Angelique CASAVANT

Born: 21 March 1772, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Toussaint CODERRE 20 September 1790 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François CASAVANT

Born: 4 February 1774, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine PION 29 January 1798 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Françoise CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 7 July 1777, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 May 1855, Saint-Césaire, Canada East

Married: Joseph GRIGNON 20 February 1797 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 22 September 1779, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1851, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Josephte FAVREAU dite DESLAURIERS 1 July 1805 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: Theotiste MENARD dite CARIGNAN 11 October 1813 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: Marie-Charlotte MARTIN 12 May 1834 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Joachim CASAVANT

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Geneviève GUILLAUME dite LESCARBEAU 15 October 1804 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Dominique CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

Born: 24 August 1781, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Desanges CODERRE 16 November 1801 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Louise CASAVANT

Born: 12 March 1786, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1844, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Michel DELAGE 8 October 1804 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1727
4 November 1727
Verchères, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Louis CASAVANT and Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS 24 January 1752, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE was born 2 November 1752, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 25 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Louis CASVANT dit LADEBAUCHE was born 3 February 1754, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 26 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte CASAVANT was born 13 August 1755, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 27 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE was born 31 July 1757, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 29 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie CASAVANT was born 2 March 1759, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 31 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT was born 12 July 1760, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 32 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born 3 January 1763, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 35 years old.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS died 9 January 1767, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

1768 Marriage / Partner
Louis CASAVANT and Marie-Josephe SAVIGNAC 10 October 1768, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 40 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Antoine CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born 26 July 1770, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 42 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Angelique CASAVANT was born 21 March 1772, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 44 years old.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE married 16 November 1772 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Jean-Marie-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE

1774 Birth of Child
François CASAVANT was born 4 February 1774, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 46 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Louis CASVANT dit LADEBAUCHE married 21 October 1776, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Desanges FONTAINE dite BIENVENU

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT married 7 April 1777, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Jacques VETU dit BELAIR

1777 Birth of Child
Françoise CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE was born 7 July 1777, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 49 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born 22 September 1779, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 51 years old.

1781 Marriage of Child
Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE married 28 June 1781, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Françoise SAVIGNAC

1781 Birth of Child
Dominique CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born 24 August 1781, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 53 years old.

1783 Marriage of Child
Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE married 18 March 1783, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Angelique VETU dite BELAIR

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

Death — 1786
8 March 1786
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 58.

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise CASAVANT was born 12 March 1786, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis was 58 years old.

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