Modeste LEVASSEUR

Born

9 November 1773 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 January 1840 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE

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Born: 9 November 1773 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE

Mother: Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Denis-Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE , Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE , Thérèse-Marie LEBLANC

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Modeste married Marie-Josephe DESHAIES 20 July 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES was born 5 October 1774 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Josephe died 10 June 1865 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR and Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE.

Modeste LEVASSEUR died 26 January 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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.

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Modeste LEVASSEUR married

Marie-Josephe DESHAIES
Marriage date: 20 July 1795
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR and Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

Children of Modeste LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

Louise VASSEUR

Born: 8 January 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 22 March 1900, Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA

Married: Jean DOUCET 14 February 1820 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1773
9 November 1773
Trois-Rivières, 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)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Modeste LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES 20 July 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 21 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Louise VASSEUR was born 8 January 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Modeste was 29 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
Louise VASSEUR married 14 February 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Jean DOUCET

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)

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

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)