Thomas LEVESQUE

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21 December 1815 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

6 June 1882 , St-Pacome, Canada

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Louis LEVESQUE Marie GAGNON

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Born: 21 December 1815 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Louis LEVESQUE

Mother: Marie GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Richer LEVESQUE , Marie-Josephe DIONNE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Michel GAGNON , Angélique D'ANJOU

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Thomas married Francoise HUDON 6 July 1841 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise HUDON was born 25 July 1824 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Francoise died 22 April 1855 in St-Pacome, Canada. Francoise was the child of Jean-Olivier HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Francoise BELANGER.

Thomas LEVESQUE died 6 June 1882 in St-Pacome, Canada.
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Francoise HUDON
Marriage date: 6 July 1841
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Francoise HUDON was the child of Jean-Olivier HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Francoise BELANGER

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Sara LEVESQUE

Born: 1 January 1848, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Died: 8 January 1896, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Married: Hubert PELLETIER 12 September 1866

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Birth — 1815
21 December 1815
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas LEVESQUE and Francoise HUDON 6 July 1841, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1848 Birth of Child
Sara LEVESQUE was born 1 January 1848, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Thomas was 32 years old.

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise HUDON died 22 April 1855, St-Pacome, Canada

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.