Alexandre
LEVASSEUR
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Born: 13 November 1754 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexandre married Marie-Josephe SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 9 October 1775 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was born 26 June 1753 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephe was the child of Maurice SIROIS and Marie-Josephe AYOTTE.
Alexandre LEVASSEUR died 8 May 1811 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Occupation
Recorded occupation: Cultivateur
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Alexandre LEVASSEUR
Marie-Josephe SIROIS dite DUPLESSISMarriage date: 9 October 1775
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS was the child of Maurice SIROIS and Marie-Josephe AYOTTE
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Birth — 175413 November 1754
Kamouraska, Canada, New France
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 Marriage / PartnerAlexandre LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 9 October 1775, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)
He was 20 years old.
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)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
Death — 18118 May 1811
Kamouraska, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 56.
Record added: 3/30/2017 10:49:09 AM
Last updated: 9/2/2020 2:49:33 PM
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