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Martin LEVAC

(b. 16 April 1790 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1875 , Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada )

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Martin LEVAC was born 16 April 1790 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

Martin LEVAC was the child of Martin LEVAC and Josephte BISSONNETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin LEVAC and Josephte RHÉAUME (maternal) Francois BISSONNETTE and Angélique VITRY dite ST-GERMAIN

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Martin married Christine CITOLEUX 21 February 1814 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Christine CITOLEUX was born 21 March 1796 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Christine died 12 June 1877 in Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada. Christine was the child of Charles CITOLEUX and Francoise SABOURIN.

Martin LEVAC died 14 May 1875 in Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Martin LEVAC

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Martin LEVAC married

Christine CITOLEUX-- Date: 21 February 1814 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Christine CITOLEUX was the child of Charles CITOLEUX and Francoise SABOURIN

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Children of Martin LEVAC and Christine CITOLEUX:

Narcisse LEVAC (b.14 May 1821, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 19 May 1908, Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada)
m. Josephte SEGUIN 12 April 1847 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1790 Birth
16 April 1790
Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Martin LEVAC and Christine CITOLEUX 21 February 1814, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 23 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

1821 Birth of Child
Narcisse LEVAC was born 14 May 1821, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Martin was 31 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Narcisse LEVAC married 12 April 1847, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Josephte SEGUIN

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.