Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Born

12 April 1779 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 June 1862 , Kamouraska, Canada East

Marie-Francoise married Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR 15 July 1799 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR was born 9 February 1776 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph-Marie died 24 November 1822 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Joseph-Marie was the child of Joseph LEVASSEUR and Catherine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) .

Parents & Family of Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Parents of Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Father

Joseph-Francois MARQUIS

Mother

Agnes-Genevieve COTE

Grandparents of Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Paternal grandparents

Charles-Francois MARQUIS Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents

Pierre CÔTÉ Marie-Anne LEPAGE

m. Lebel Michel
m. Levasseur Joseph

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Marie-Francoise MARQUIS married

Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 15 July 1799
Marriage place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR was the child of Joseph LEVASSEUR and Catherine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Children of Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR and Marie-Francoise MARQUIS

Georges LEVASSEUR

Born: 24 January 1818, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 1 September 1849, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Emerentienne JALBERT 5 August 1845 Place: Kamouraska, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1779
12 April 1779
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Francoise MARQUIS and Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR 15 July 1799, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

She was 20 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Georges LEVASSEUR was born 24 January 1818, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Francoise was 38 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Marie LEVASSEUR died 24 November 1822, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Georges LEVASSEUR married 5 August 1845, Kamouraska, Canada East to Emerentienne JALBERT

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

1849 Death of Child
Georges LEVASSEUR died 1 September 1849, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Francoise was 70 years old.

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

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Death — 1862
14 June 1862
Kamouraska, Canada East
She died at the age of 83.

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