Francois LEVESQUE

Born

10 July 1822 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

4 October 1898 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Francois married Emerence PARADIS 28 August 1848 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerence PARADIS was born 11 April 1828 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . Emerence died 8 May 1907 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Emerence was the child of Henri PARADIS and Louise-Xavier CORBIN .

Parents & Family of Francois LEVESQUE

Parents of Francois LEVESQUE

Father

Clement LEVESQUE

Mother

Julie DIONNE

Grandparents of Francois LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents

Clement LEVESQUE Julienne-Julie MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph DIONNE dit SANSOUCY Victoire OUELLET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois LEVESQUE

Francois LEVESQUE married

Emerence PARADIS
Marriage date: 28 August 1848
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

See marriage record for Francois LEVESQUE and Emerence PARADIS
Emerence PARADIS was the child of Henri PARADIS and Louise-Xavier CORBIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois LEVESQUE and Emerence PARADIS

Julie LEVESQUE

Born: 20 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 9 April 1888 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Benjamin TREMBLAY 9 July 1900 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
10 July 1822
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Francois LEVESQUE and Emerence PARADIS 28 August 1848, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 26 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.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Julie LEVESQUE was born 20 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois was 35 years old.

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.