Noel LEVASSEUR

Born

abt. 1680 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

13 December 1740 , Québec, Canada, New France

Noel married Marie-Madeleine TURPIN 3 April 1701 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine TURPIN was born 29 August 1677 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre-Alexandre TURPIN and Catherine DELOR .

Parents & Family of Noel LEVASSEUR

Parents of Noel LEVASSEUR

Father

Noel LEVASSEUR dit LAVIGNE

Mother

Marguerite GUAY

Grandparents of Noel LEVASSEUR

Paternal grandparents

Jean LEVASSEUR dit LAVIGNE Marguerite RICHARD

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: master wood-carver

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Noel LEVASSEUR

Noel LEVASSEUR married

Marie-Madeleine TURPIN
Marriage date: 3 April 1701
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine TURPIN was the child of Pierre-Alexandre TURPIN and Catherine DELOR

Children of Noel LEVASSEUR and Marie-Madeleine TURPIN

Marie-Madeleine LEVASSEUR

Born: 19 September 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 5 May 1760, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Marie CARON 31 March 1728 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Biography

LEVASSEUR, NOËL, master wood-carver, b. 1680 at Quebec, son of Noel Levasseur, carpenter, and Marguerite Guay and grandson of Jean Levasseur*, dit Lavigne, carpenter; d. 13 Dec. 1740 at Quebec.

Little is known about Noël Levasseur’s apprenticeship years, but it can be supposed that he learned the trade of carpenter with his father, and that he was introduced to wood-carving by the masters of the school at Saint-Joachim. By his marriage contract with Marie-Madeleine Turpin, dated 3 April 1701, we can place him at Montreal, where he had probably been living for some time to complete his training. Indeed he was in Montreal and in such close contact with the carver Charles Chaboulié, who was at the time a bachelor, that the latter undertook in 1702 to leave all his property to the first-born of the Levasseur couple. Unfortunately none of Chaboulié’s work permits an assessment of his possible influence upon Noël Levasseur.

After finally settling at Quebec in 1703, Noel Levasseur

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Source / record details
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

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

1701 Marriage / Partner
Noel LEVASSEUR and Marie-Madeleine TURPIN 3 April 1701 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1702 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LEVASSEUR was born 19 September 1702, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France