Theotiste LEVESQUE

Born

1 August 1799 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

13 June 1868 , Cacouna, Québec, Canada

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Germain LEVESQUE Anastasie OUELLET

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Born: 1 August 1799 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Father: Germain LEVESQUE

Mother: Anastasie OUELLET

Paternal grandparents: François-Robert LEVESQUE , Marie-Angélique BERUBE

Maternal grandparents: Francois OUELLET , Marie-Anne AYOTTE

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Theotiste married Honore DIONNE 17 February 1824 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Honore DIONNE was born 4 December 1803 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Honore died 13 May 1877 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Honore was the child of Honore DIONNE and Charlotte PELLETIER.

Theotiste LEVESQUE died 13 June 1868 in Cacouna, 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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Honore DIONNE
Marriage date: 17 February 1824
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Honore DIONNE was the child of Honore DIONNE and Charlotte PELLETIER

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Honore DIONNE

Born: 13 May 1826, Cacouna, Lower Canada
Died: 19 March 1874, Saint-Modeste, Canada

Married: Lucie PELLETIER 11 August 1846 Place: Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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Birth — 1799
1 August 1799
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste LEVESQUE and Honore DIONNE 17 February 1824, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 24 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Honore DIONNE was born 13 May 1826, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Theotiste was 26 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

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Honore DIONNE married 11 August 1846, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Lucie PELLETIER

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.

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.