Geneviève LEVESQUE

Born

5 October 1794 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

13 October 1833 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Geneviève LEVESQUE

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Born: 5 October 1794 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Parents of Geneviève LEVESQUE

Father

Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE

Mother

Josephte LAVOIE

Grandparents of Geneviève LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents

Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE Elisabeth MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LAVOIE Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Geneviève married Claude LETOURNEAU 9 February 1813 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude LETOURNEAU was born 5 November 1791 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . Claude was the child of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie MEUNIER.

Geneviève LEVESQUE died 13 October 1833 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève LEVESQUE

Geneviève LEVESQUE married

Claude LETOURNEAU
Marriage date: 9 February 1813
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Claude LETOURNEAU was the child of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie MEUNIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Claude LETOURNEAU and Geneviève LEVESQUE

Julie LETOURNEAU

Born: 4 March 1814, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Died: 13 September 1884, Sainte-Cécile-du-Bic, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Married: Benjamin BELANGER 17 September 1839 Place: Rimouski, 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 — 1794
5 October 1794
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève LEVESQUE and Claude LETOURNEAU 9 February 1813, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 18 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Julie LETOURNEAU was born 4 March 1814, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Geneviève was 19 years old.

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.