Josephte LAVOIE

Born

8 October 1751 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

3 October 1823 , Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada

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Joseph LAVOIE Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

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Born: 8 October 1751 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LAVOIE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LAVOIE , Marie-Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Maternal grandparents: François MICHAUD , Marie DIONNE

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Josephte married Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE 21 November 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE was born 12 November 1746 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Pierre-Bernard died 13 December 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . Pierre-Bernard was the child of Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE and Elisabeth MICHAUD.

Josephte LAVOIE died 3 October 1823 in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada.

m. Levesque Pierre-Bernard

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Josephte LAVOIE married

Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 21 November 1774
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE was the child of Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE and Elisabeth 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 — 1751
8 October 1751
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
Josephte LAVOIE and Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE 21 November 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 23 years old.

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

Josephte was 23 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)

Josephte was 30 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)

Josephte was 43 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