Veronique LEVESQUE

Born

14 September 1736 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

3 March 1810 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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François-Robert LEVESQUE Marie-Angélique BERUBE

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Veronique LEVESQUE was born 14 September 1736 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Veronique LEVESQUE was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique BERUBE

and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT (maternal) Mathurin BERUBE and Angelique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Veronique married Jean DIGE 30 January 1763 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean DIGE was born abt. 1736 in France. Jean died 14 July 1813 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere).

Veronique LEVESQUE died 3 March 1810 in La Pocatière, 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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Veronique LEVESQUE married

Jean DIGE
Marriage date: 30 January 1763
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ

Born: 21 September 1769, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 December 1831, La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph PELLETIER 6 November 1786 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1736 Birth
14 September 1736
Rivière-Ouelle, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Veronique LEVESQUE and Jean DIGE 30 January 1763, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 26 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ was born 21 September 1769, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Veronique was 33 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)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ married 6 November 1786, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Joseph PELLETIER

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)