Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ

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14 March 1743 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Died

5 May 1815 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPRÉ Madeleine ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU)

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Born: 14 March 1743 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPRÉ

Mother: Madeleine ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Mathurin LEVESQUE , Marie-Madeleine MORAND

Maternal grandparents: Jacques ROCHEREAU , Marie-Madeleine THIFFAULT

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) 14 January 1765 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) was born 12 October 1742 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte died 30 March 1808 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte was the child of Claude DEVEAU and Madeleine GENDRON.

Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ died 5 May 1815 in La-Pérade, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ married

Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU)
Marriage date: 14 January 1765
Marriage place: La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) was the child of Claude DEVEAU and Madeleine GENDRON

Children of Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ and Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU)

Josephte LEVESQUE

Born: 18 October 1765, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 July 1846, La-Pérade, Canada East

Married: Alexis LEDUC 16 January 1792 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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Birth — 1743
14 March 1743
La-Pérade, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ and Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU) 14 January 1765, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 21 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Josephte LEVESQUE was born 18 October 1765, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph was 22 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.