Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE

Born

12 November 1746 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

13 December 1829 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE Elisabeth MICHAUD

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Born: 12 November 1746 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE

Mother: Elisabeth MICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE , Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE)

Maternal grandparents: Louis MICHAUD , Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR

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Pierre-Bernard married Josephte LAVOIE 21 November 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Josephte LAVOIE was born 8 October 1751 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Josephte died 3 October 1823 in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada. Josephte was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD.

Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE died 13 December 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Josephte LAVOIE
Marriage date: 21 November 1774
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

Children of Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Josephte LAVOIE

Pierre LEVESQUE

Born: 24 August 1775, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 March 1860, Matane, Canada East

Married: Charlotte GAGNON 9 September 1800 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Charlotte LEVESQUE

Born: 9 February 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 May 1859, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East

Married: Joseph GAGNON 9 September 1800 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Geneviève LEVESQUE

Born: 5 October 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: 13 October 1833, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Claude LETOURNEAU 9 February 1813 Place: Kamouraska, 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 — 1746
12 November 1746
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Josephte LAVOIE 21 November 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 28 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE was born 24 August 1775, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 28 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEVESQUE was born 9 February 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 35 years old.

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)

1794 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEVESQUE was born 5 October 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 47 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Charlotte LEVESQUE married 9 September 1800, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada to Joseph GAGNON

1800 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE married 9 September 1800, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada to Charlotte GAGNON

1813 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEVESQUE married 9 February 1813, Kamouraska, Lower Canada to Claude LETOURNEAU

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