Pierre LEVESQUE

(b. 8 September 1800 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada d. 14 June 1880 , L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LEVESQUE was born 8 September 1800 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Pierre LEVESQUE was the child of André-Joachim LEVESQUE and Genevieve MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Geneviève CÔTÉ (maternal) Antoine MICHAUD and Angélique MIVILLE

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

Pierre married Christine RIOUX 23 January 1826 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christine RIOUX was born 10 November 1806 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Christine died 10 January 1887 in St-Éloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Christine was the child of Pierre RIOUX and Genevieve PELLETIER.

Pierre LEVESQUE died 14 June 1880 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, 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.

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Pierre LEVESQUE married

Christine RIOUX-- Date: 23 January 1826 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Christine RIOUX was the child of Pierre RIOUX and Genevieve PELLETIER

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Children of Pierre LEVESQUE and Christine RIOUX:

Felicite LEVESQUE (b.25 December 1834, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada d. 14 May 1918, St-Éloi, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
m. Ambroise CÔTÉ 21 August 1855 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1800 Birth
8 September 1800
L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEVESQUE and Christine RIOUX 23 January 1826, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 25 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Felicite LEVESQUE was born 25 December 1834, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Felicite LEVESQUE married 21 August 1855, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Ambroise CÔTÉ

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.