Laurent  LEVASSEUR

Laurent Levasseur --
'Laurent Levasseur, originally Le Vavasseur, ... was born at an indeterminate date. He was the son of Jean Le Vavasseur... and of Marguerite Maheu... (his) father died before 1669 and mother Marguerite Maheu was buried 24 Decmber 1685, at the age of 79 years.'

'Laurent Levasseur emigrated to Canada at the age of 14 or 15... He signed a contract (never found) to work for Guillemette Hebert, the rather fortunate widow of Guillaume Couillard and daughter of that original colonist Louis Hebert. The census of 1666 tells us that Laurent was working as a domestic in the home of Madame Couillard. Laurent must have pleased his mistress because she signed him up for another three years, until 1669...'

'On 22 September 1669, Henri Breau de Pominvile, inhabitant of Lauzon, signed a three-year lease with Levasseur for a piece of land...'

'Arriving in Canada from Saint-Martin on the Ile de Re in the Diocese of La Rochelle, Louis Marchand and his wife Francoise Morineau were accompanied by...Read MORE...


Our French-Canadian Ancestors - Thomas J. Laforest

1649 Birth
5 January 1649
Rouen, France

1670 Marriage / Partner
Laurent LEVASSEUR and Marie MARCHAND 30 April 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise LEVASSEUR was born 30 March 1671, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 22 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Marie-Claude LEVASSEUR was born 3 March 1672, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 23 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Laurent LEVASSEUR was born 29 May 1674, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 25 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Laurent LEVASSEUR was born 22 May 1675, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 26 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEVASSEUR was born 13 March 1677, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 28 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Pierre LEVASSEUR was born 2 January 1679, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 30 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Lauzon
Laurent Levasseur, 32
Marie Marchand, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Marie, 11
Claude, 10
Laurent, 7
Genevieve, 5
Pierre, 3
Angelique, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1681 Birth of Child
Angélique-Dite-Geneviève LEVASSEUR was born 20 February 1681, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 32 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was born 10 June 1682, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 33 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Marie LEVASSEUR was born 21 January 1686, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 37 years old.

1686 Death of Child
Geneviève LEVASSEUR died 30 November 1686, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 37 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Louis LEVASSEUR was born 4 September 1687, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Laurent was 38 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR was born 26 November 1691, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 42 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Marie-Renee LEVASSEUR was born 21 February 1694, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 45 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was born 11 May 1695, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Laurent was 46 years old.

1695 Death of Child
Laurent LEVASSEUR died 3 June 1695, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Laurent was 46 years old.

1703 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEVASSEUR married 8 May 1703, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

1708 Marriage of Child
Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR married 22 October 1708, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Louis MICHAUD

1716 Marriage of Child
Louis LEVASSEUR married 19 November 1716, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Geneviève HUARD

1717 Death of Child
Marie-Renee LEVASSEUR died April 1717, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Laurent was 68 years old.

1719 Marriage of Child
Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR married 31 May 1719, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean-François AUTIN

1719 Death of Child
Marie-Françoise LEVASSEUR died 13 June 1719, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 70 years old.

1722 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR married 20 October 1722, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN

1726 Death
25 December 1726
Québec, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 78.