Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born

30 September 1791 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

29 October 1861 , Yamaska, Canada East

Cause of Death: drowned in Lavallière Bay

Michel married Catherine PARENTEAU 6 February 1815 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine PARENTEAU was born 28 October 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Catherine died 31 January 1823 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Michel PARENTEAU and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle FORCIER .

Michel married Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD 13 January 1825 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD was born 3 October 1796 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Marie-Susanne died 3 October 1857 in Yamaska, Canada East . Marie-Susanne was the child of Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR .

Michel married Genevieve LECLERC 13 May 1859 in Sorel, Canada East .
Genevieve LECLERC was born 23 September 1811 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Genevieve died 26 January 1899 in Joliette, Québec, Canada . Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marie GENEREUX .

Parents & Family of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Parents of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Father

Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ

Mother

Marguerite LASALLE dite TALUSSIER

Grandparents of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ Marie-Anne GIGUERE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LASALLE dit TALUSSIER Veronique DALPE dite MONTOUR

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: farmer and political figure in Canada East. He represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1851

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

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Catherine PARENTEAU
Marriage date: 6 February 1815
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Catherine PARENTEAU was the child of Michel PARENTEAU and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle FORCIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Catherine PARENTEAU

Catherine FOURQUIN

Born: 10 February 1817, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1894, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre BERGERON 4 November 1834 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ

Born: 14 November 1819, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Maxime BEAUPRE 11 September 1838 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 13 January 1825
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD was the child of Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD

Emilie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Born: 30 November 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 14 December 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Sophie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Born: 25 November 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 26 December 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 22 November 1827, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 5 September 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Julie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Born: 21 February 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 9 March 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Elmire FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Born: 25 May 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 June 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Pierre FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 10 June 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 3 July 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Olive FOURQUIN

Born: 12 November 1833, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 9 August 1910, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR 8 February 1853 Place: Yamaska, Canada East

Edouard-Narcisse FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 6 March 1836, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 1 March 1880, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Marie-Archange FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

Born: 30 June 1837, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 1 October 1837, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Antoine-Elzear-Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 3 July 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 8 September 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 2 February 1841, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: ,

Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

Born: 30 October 1843, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: 7 January 1844, Yamaska, Canada East

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Genevieve LECLERC
Marriage date: 13 May 1859
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Genevieve LECLERC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marie GENEREUX

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve LECLERC

No children are currently listed for this couple.

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Michel's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Biography

Né à Yamaska et baptisé dans la paroisse Saint-Michel, le 30 septembre 1791, fils de Joseph Léveillé et de Marguerite Lasalle. Connu surtout sous le patronyme de Fourquin.

Fut cultivateur à Yamaska.

Défait dans Yamaska en 1844. Élu député de cette circonscription en 1848; membre du Groupe canadien-français, puis réformiste. Défait en 1851.

Se noya dans la baie de Lavallière, le 27 octobre 1861, à l'âge de 70 ans. Inhumé dans l'église Saint-Michel, à Yamaska, le 29 octobre 1861.

Avait épousé dans sa paroisse natale, le 6 février 1815, Catherine Parenteau, fille de Michel Parenteau et d'Élisabeth Forcier; puis, dans la paroisse Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, à Baie-du-Febvre, le 13 janvier 1825, Suzanne Chouinard, veuve d'Antoine Caya; enfin, dans la paroisse Saint-Pierre, à Sorel, le 13 mai 1859, Geneviève Leclerc, veuve d'Édouard Ducondu.

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Birth — 1791
30 September 1791
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Catherine PARENTEAU 6 February 1815, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 23 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Catherine FOURQUIN was born 10 February 1817, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ was born 14 November 1819, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 28 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine PARENTEAU died 31 January 1823, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD 13 January 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 33 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Emilie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 30 November 1825, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 34 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Sophie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 25 November 1826, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 35 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 22 November 1827, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 36 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 21 February 1829, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 37 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Marie-Elmire FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 25 May 1830, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 38 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Pierre FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 10 June 1831, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 39 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Olive FOURQUIN was born 12 November 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 42 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE died 5 September 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 42 years old.

1834 Marriage of Child
Catherine FOURQUIN married 4 November 1834 , Yamaska, Lower Canada to Pierre BERGERON

1836 Birth of Child
Edouard-Narcisse FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 6 March 1836, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 44 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 30 June 1837, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 45 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Antoine-Elzear-Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 3 July 1838, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 46 years old.

1838 Marriage of Child
Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ married 11 September 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada to Maxime BEAUPRE

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 2 February 1841, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 49 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 30 October 1843, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 52 years old.

1844 Death of Child
Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE died 7 January 1844, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 52 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie-Olive FOURQUIN married 8 February 1853, Yamaska, Canada East to Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD died 3 October 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve LECLERC 13 May 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 67 years old.