Jean-Pierre
LEVESQUE
Born
4/3/1779
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
11/6/1855
,
Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Quebec, Canada
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Born: 4/3/1779 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Father:
Pierre-Richer LEVESQUE
Mother:
Marie-Josephe DIONNE
Paternal grandparents:
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE
, Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE
Maternal grandparents:
Antoine DIONNE dit SANSOUCY
, Marie-Anne LIZOTTE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Pierre married Marie-Julienne PLOURDE . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Julienne PLOURDE was born 5/2/1783 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Julienne died 2/17/1821 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).
Jean-Pierre LEVESQUE died 11/6/1855 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Quebec, Canada.
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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 Jean-Pierre LEVESQUE
Children of Jean-Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie-Julienne PLOURDE
Jean-Pierre LEVESQUE Canut LEVESQUEBorn: 19 January 1807, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: 29 September 1877, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
Died: 29 September 1877, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
Married: Emerence DUMAIS 13 January 1835 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
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Birth — 17794/3/1779
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
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 Canada1805 Birth of ChildJean-Pierre LEVESQUE was born 6/19/1805, Mont-Carmel, Québec, Canada
Jean-Pierre was 26 years old.
1807 Birth of ChildCanut LEVESQUE was born 19 January 1807, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
Jean-Pierre was 27 years old.
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
1821 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Julienne PLOURDE died 2/17/1821, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1835 Marriage of ChildCanut LEVESQUE married 13 January 1835, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Emerence DUMAIS
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.Death — 185511/6/1855
Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 76.
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