Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE

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21 February 1714 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

26 August 1780 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Born: 21 February 1714 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE

Mother: Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE)

Paternal grandparents: Robert LEVESQUE , Jeanne CHEVALIER

Maternal grandparents: Charles LETARTRE (LETARTE) , Marie MAHEU

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Joseph-Joachim married Marie-Geneviève CARON 5 November 1753 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève CARON was born 3 March 1737 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Geneviève died 21 May 1817 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Charles CARON and Marie-Josephe GAULIN (GOLIN).

Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE died 26 August 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE married

Marie-Geneviève CARON
Marriage date: 5 November 1753
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Geneviève CARON was the child of Charles CARON and Marie-Josephe GAULIN (GOLIN)

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Joseph Francois Levesque b: 15 Nov 1755 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Genevieve Levesque b: 21 Jun 1757 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Joseph Levesque b: 10 Oct 1758 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Catherine Levesque b: 7 Dec 1760 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Benjamin Levesque b: 25 Feb 1763 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec

Julien Levesque b: 10 Oct 1764 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec

Veronique Levesque b: 19 Sep 1766 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Pascal Levesque b: 31 May 1772 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Germain Levesque b: 19 May 1774 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Reine Levesque b: 30 Apr 1778 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Joseph Joachim Levesque b: ABT 1779 in of Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

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Birth — 1714
21 February 1714
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Geneviève CARON 5 November 1753, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 39 years old.

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.

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.