Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR

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7 April 1762 , Kamouraska, Canada

Died

5 June 1836 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR Marie-Claire NADEAU

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Born: 7 April 1762 in Kamouraska, Canada

Father: Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR

Mother: Marie-Claire NADEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LEVASSEUR , Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Alexis NADEAU , Marie-Claire ALBERT

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Jean-Baptiste married Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS 4 April 1785 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 3 August 1766 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Judith died 21 October 1830 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Judith was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL.

Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR died 5 June 1836 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower 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

Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 4 April 1785
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Ignace ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Rose LEBEL

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Birth — 1762
7 April 1762
Kamouraska, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR and Judith ROY dite DESJARDINS 4 April 1785, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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