Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE

Born

29 November 1770 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 January 1839 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Richer LEVESQUE Marie-Josephe DIONNE

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Born: 29 November 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre-Richer LEVESQUE

Mother: Marie-Josephe DIONNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE , Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine DIONNE dit SANSOUCY , Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

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Marie-Josephte married Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT 23 April 1787 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT was born 3 May 1767 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Guillaume-Pierre died 3 February 1849 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Guillaume-Pierre was the child of Guillaume MALENFANT and Marie-Anne PARENT.

Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE died 27 January 1839 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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.

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Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE married

Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT
Marriage date: 23 April 1787
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT was the child of Guillaume MALENFANT and Marie-Anne PARENT

Children of Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT and Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE

Guillaume MALENFANT

Born: abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 March 1876, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Victoire LEBEL 1 July 1811 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT

Born: 26 October 1798, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 24 February 1873, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Married: Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 24 August 1819 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1770
29 November 1770
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE and Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT 23 April 1787, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 16 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was born 26 October 1798, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 27 years old.

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Guillaume MALENFANT married 1 July 1811, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Victoire LEBEL

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT married 24 August 1819, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England