Joseph LEVASSEUR

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abt. 1748 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

30 January 1823 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Clement LEVASSEUR Marie-Madeleine ALBERT

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Born: abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph-Clement LEVASSEUR

Mother: Marie-Madeleine ALBERT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LEVASSEUR , Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ALBERT , Louise-Thérèse GRONDIN

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Joseph married Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON 7 January 1771 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON was born abt. 1753 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephte died 25 January 1772 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON and Marguerite THIBODEAU.

Joseph married (2) Marie-Josephte OUELLET 26 April 1773 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Josephte OUELLET was born 30 October 1748 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte died 15 January 1829 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Geneviève TARDIF.

Joseph LEVASSEUR died 30 January 1823 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. Grandmaison Marie-Josephte
m. Ouellet Marie-Josephte

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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 LEVASSEUR married

Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON
Marriage date: 7 January 1771
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON and Marguerite THIBODEAU

Children of Joseph LEVASSEUR and Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON

Charles LEVASSEUR

Born: 18 January 1772, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1830, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne LAPLANTE 24 September 1792 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Joseph LEVASSEUR married

Marie-Josephte OUELLET
Marriage date: 26 April 1773
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte OUELLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Geneviève TARDIF

Children of Joseph LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephte OUELLET

Marie-Josephte LEVASSEUR

Born: 17 April 1774, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 July 1824, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Anastasie LEVASSEUR

Born: 28 August 1777, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR

Born: 19 May 1779, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 April 1868, Sainte-Cécile, Le Bic, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Catherine LEVASSEUR

Born: 20 August 1782, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 November 1865, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East

Hilaire LEVASSEUR

Born: abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Anselme LEVASSEUR

Born: abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 18 May 1878, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Marie-Apolline LEVASSEUR

Born: abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean MICHAUD 9 January 1804 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph LEVASSEUR

Born: 18 November 1785, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Raphael LEVASSEUR

Born: 23 July 1787, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 January 1869, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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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 / Partner
Joseph LEVASSEUR and Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON 7 January 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1772 Birth of Child
Charles LEVASSEUR was born 18 January 1772, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1772 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Josephte GRANDMAISON died 25 January 1772, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1773 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephte OUELLET 26 April 1773, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LEVASSEUR was born 17 April 1774, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Anastasie LEVASSEUR was born 28 August 1777, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1779 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR was born 19 May 1779, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1782 Birth of Child
Catherine LEVASSEUR was born 20 August 1782, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Joseph LEVASSEUR was born 18 November 1785, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1787 Birth of Child
Raphael LEVASSEUR was born 23 July 1787, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Charles LEVASSEUR married 24 September 1792, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Marie-Anne LAPLANTE

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

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie-Apolline LEVASSEUR married 9 January 1804, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean MICHAUD

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

Death — 1823
30 January 1823
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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