Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME

(b. 27 September 1749 , Les Cèdres, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1813 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME was born 27 September 1749 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France

Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME was the child of Martin LEVAC and Josephte RHÉAUME and the grandchild of: (maternal) Simon RHÉAUME and Charlotte TURPIN

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

Pierre married Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 4 November 1771 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 23 September 1753 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Françoise died 31 March 1825 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Françoise was the child of Michel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Charlotte CUILLERIER.

Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME died 2 March 1813 in Les Cèdres, 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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS-- Date: 4 November 1771 Place: Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was the child of Michel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Charlotte CUILLERIER

Children of Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME and Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS:

Martin LEVESQUE (LEVAC) (b.17 October 1772, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Amable LECOMPTE 24 February 1794 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1749 Birth
27 September 1749
Les Cèdres, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEVAC dit BAPAUME and Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 4 November 1771, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 22 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Martin LEVESQUE (LEVAC) was born 17 October 1772, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Pierre 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.

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 Marriage of Child
Martin LEVESQUE (LEVAC) married 24 February 1794, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Marie-Amable LECOMPTE

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