Charles LEVAC

Born

16 November 1817 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Died

22 March 1898 , St-Raphael, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Charles married Catherine SAUVÉ 19 April 1842 in Coteau-du-Lac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine SAUVÉ was born 3 October 1825 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . Catherine died 28 January 1907 in St-Raphael, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Catherine was the child of Joseph SAUVÉ and Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN .

Parents & Family of Charles LEVAC

Parents of Charles LEVAC

Father

François LEVAC

Mother

Maire-Anne CITOLEUX

Grandparents of Charles LEVAC

Paternal grandparents

Noel LEVAC Catherine BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

Maternal grandparents

Charles CITOLEUX Francoise SABOURIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles LEVAC

Charles LEVAC married

Catherine SAUVÉ
Marriage date: 19 April 1842
Marriage place: Coteau-du-Lac, Canada East
Catherine SAUVÉ was the child of Joseph SAUVÉ and Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN

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

Children of Charles LEVAC and Catherine SAUVÉ

François "Francis" LEVAC

Born: 23 June 1852, St-Clet, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
Died: 11 August 1904, Verner, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Melina MARLOTT (MARLEAU) 8 January 1877

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1817
16 November 1817
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Charles LEVAC and Catherine SAUVÉ 19 April 1842, Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
François "Francis" LEVAC was born 23 June 1852, St-Clet, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

Charles was 34 years old.

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.