Madeleine LEVESQUE

(b. 11 February 1766 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 January 1825 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine LEVESQUE was born 11 February 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine LEVESQUE was the child of Dominique LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT (maternal) Antoine DIONNE dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

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

Madeleine married Henri GAGNON 20 June 1786 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Henri GAGNON was born 24 October 1755 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Henri died 23 December 1828 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Henri was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Madeleine LEVESQUE died 14 January 1825 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine LEVESQUE married

Henri GAGNON-- Date: 20 June 1786 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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Henri GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Children of Henri GAGNON and Madeleine LEVESQUE:

Angelique GAGNON (b.abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Francois BERUBE 23 July 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre GAGNON (b.23 October 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 3 December 1867, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Helene BOUCHARD 17 November 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1766 Birth
11 February 1766
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine LEVESQUE and Henri GAGNON 20 June 1786, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 20 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1805 Birth of Child
Pierre GAGNON was born 23 October 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Madeleine was 39 years old.

1810 Marriage of Child
Angelique GAGNON married 23 July 1810, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Joseph-Francois BERUBE

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