Prosper LEVESQUE

Born

3 February 1779 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 January 1848 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

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Prosper-Prisque LEVESQUE Marie-Anne LEVESQUE

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Born: 3 February 1779 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Prosper-Prisque LEVESQUE

Mother: Marie-Anne LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE , Geneviève CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Louis LEVESQUE , Marie-Angelique DUBE

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Prosper married Madeleine BERUBE 28 October 1805 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BERUBE was born 9 August 1783 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Madeleine was the child of Antoine BERUBE and Marie-Madeleine BOUCHARD.

Prosper LEVESQUE died 10 January 1848 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East.
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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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Prosper LEVESQUE married

Madeleine BERUBE
Marriage date: 28 October 1805
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Madeleine BERUBE was the child of Antoine BERUBE and Marie-Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Marcelline LEVESQUE

Born: 19 March 1809, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 October 1850,

Married: Norbert PELLETIER 29 January 1828 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1779
3 February 1779
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Prosper LEVESQUE and Madeleine BERUBE 28 October 1805, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 26 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marcelline LEVESQUE was born 19 March 1809, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Prosper was 30 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

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Marcelline LEVESQUE married 29 January 1828, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Norbert PELLETIER

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)

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)