Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE

Born

6 April 1718 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

30 November 1787 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph LEVESQUE Marie-Angélique MENEUX

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Born: 6 April 1718 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LEVESQUE

Mother: Marie-Angélique MENEUX

Paternal grandparents: Robert LEVESQUE , Jeanne CHEVALIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF , Marguerite PEUVRIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Angélique PELLETIER 27 April 1739 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Angélique PELLETIER was born 29 March 1720 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Angélique was the child of Jean-François PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Marthe MICHON 24 July 1753 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Marthe MICHON was born 25 February 1732 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Marthe died 8 May 1815 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Marie-Marthe was the child of Louis-Augustin MICHON and Marthe BLANCHET.

Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE died 30 November 1787 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE

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Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE married

Marie-Angélique PELLETIER
Marriage date: 27 April 1739
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Angélique PELLETIER was the child of Jean-François PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER

Judith LEVESQUE

Born: 2 January 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Died: 1 June 1740, Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE

Born: 23 February 1741, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 31 July 1813, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Judith TAILLON 20 August 1764 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Therese LEVESQUE

Born: 21 January 1743, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 7 July 1800, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Antoine PARADIS 25 June 1764 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE

Born: 11 April 1745, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 8 January 1824, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Josephte CHARRON 18 January 1770 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Angelique LEVESQUE

Born: 10 May 1747, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Joseph HUDON 3 September 1770 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE married

Marie-Marthe MICHON
Marriage date: 24 July 1753
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Marthe MICHON was the child of Louis-Augustin MICHON and Marthe BLANCHET

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Marthe MICHON

Francois LEVESQUE

Born: abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 February 1823, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Marie GRANGER 1781 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Judith LEVESQUE

Born: 15 November 1755, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Died: 15 November 1839, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Benoni COTE 29 September 1794 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Josephte LEVESQUE

Born: 28 March 1757, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 31 January 1818, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Vincent RIOUX 27 June 1791 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marthe LEVESQUE

Born: 18 October 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada
Died: 26 April 1816, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Married: Charles PELLETIER 11 October 1791 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Ignace LÉVESQUE

Born: 31 August 1764, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 August 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Catherine RAYMOND 8 October 1787 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Married: Geneviève LAPLANTE dite LABOURLIERE 8 November 1790 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Married: Angélique DUMONT dite GUERET 12 January 1803 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Charles LEVESQUE

Born: 23 February 1766, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 August 1850, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East

Married: Marie-Thecle RIOUX 20 August 1792 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Married: Theotiste LEBLOND 6 November 1798 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Catherine LEVESQUE

Born: abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 April 1854, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste RIOUX 2 November 1813 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Joseph-Marie LEVESQUE

Born: 11 September 1769, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 August 1827, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Julienne RIOUX 29 September 1794 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Married: Thecle LAPLANTE 14 February 1797 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Gabriel LÉVESQUE

Born: 28 November 1771, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1821, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Marie HUDON dite BEAULIEU 5 August 1800 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Married: Marie-Theotiste LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE 25 August 1806 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1718
6 April 1718
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER 27 April 1739, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 21 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Judith LEVESQUE was born 2 January 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE was born 23 February 1741, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Therese LEVESQUE was born 21 January 1743, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE was born 11 April 1745, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Angelique LEVESQUE was born 10 May 1747, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Marthe MICHON 24 July 1753 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 35 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Judith LEVESQUE was born 15 November 1755, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Josephte LEVESQUE was born 28 March 1757, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marthe LEVESQUE was born 18 October 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Therese LEVESQUE married 25 June 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Joseph-Antoine PARADIS

1764 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE married 20 August 1764 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Judith TAILLON

1764 Birth of Child
Ignace LÉVESQUE was born 31 August 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Charles LEVESQUE was born 23 February 1766, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 47 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie LEVESQUE was born 11 September 1769, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.

1770 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE married 18 January 1770 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Josephte CHARRON

1770 Marriage of Child
Angelique LEVESQUE married 3 September 1770 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Joseph HUDON

1771 Birth of Child
Gabriel LÉVESQUE was born 28 November 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 53 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.