Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR

(b. 11 May 1695 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 December 1776 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was born 11 May 1695 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR was the child of Laurent LEVASSEUR and Marie MARCHAND

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN 20 October 1722 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN was born 21 July 1698 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine-Charlotte died 1 January 1743 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Madeleine-Charlotte was the child of Guillaume JOURDAIN and Jeanne CONSTANTIN.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Madeleine MARCHAND 6 August 1748 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . Madeleine MARCHAND was born abt. 1702 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine died 25 September 1782 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Madeleine was the child of Louis MARCHAND and Marie-Jeanne-Therese BOURASSA.

Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR died 20 December 1776 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR married

Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN-- Date: 20 October 1722 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN was the child of Guillaume JOURDAIN and Jeanne CONSTANTIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN:

Laurent LEVASSEUR (b.11 May 1725, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1790, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie PARENT 1 August 1752 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Charlotte LEVASSEUR (b.22 September 1730, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1751, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )

Catherine LEVASSEUR (b.abt. 1740, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph GELY (GELLY) 4 February 1771 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR married

Madeleine MARCHAND-- Date: 6 August 1748 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Madeleine MARCHAND was the child of Louis MARCHAND and Marie-Jeanne-Therese BOURASSA

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Madeleine MARCHAND:

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1695 Birth
11 May 1695
Québec, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN 20 October 1722, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 27 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Laurent LEVASSEUR was born 11 May 1725, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEVASSEUR was born 22 September 1730, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1743 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine-Charlotte JOURDAIN died 1 January 1743, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Madeleine MARCHAND 6 August 1748, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 53 years old.

1751 Death of Child
Charlotte LEVASSEUR died 27 December 1751, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean-Baptiste was 56 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Laurent LEVASSEUR married 1 August 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie PARENT

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Catherine LEVASSEUR married 4 February 1771, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Joseph GELY (GELLY)

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.