Geneviève LEVASSEUR

(b. 12 May 1708 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1801 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève LEVASSEUR was born 12 May 1708 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Geneviève LEVASSEUR was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR and Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent LEVASSEUR and Marie MARCHAND (maternal) Pierre MICHAUD and Marie-Anne ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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Geneviève married Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT 16 April 1733 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT was born 3 March 1697 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Jacques died 1 July 1736 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jacques was the child of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Anne-Jeanne TARDIF.

Geneviève LEVASSEUR died 3 February 1801 in 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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Geneviève LEVASSEUR married

Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT-- Date: 16 April 1733 Place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
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Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT was the child of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Anne-Jeanne TARDIF

Children of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Geneviève LEVASSEUR:

Anne DUMONT dite GUERET (b.13 November 1734, Rimouski, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Francois OUELLET 2 January 1755 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET (b.30 December 1736, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1825, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Michel OUELLET 22 November 1762 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1708 Birth
12 May 1708
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism found in Drouin Collection at Notre-Dame-de-Liesse, Riviere-Ouelle, QC, Canada

June 1708
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève LEVASSEUR and Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT 16 April 1733, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 24 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Anne DUMONT dite GUERET was born 13 November 1734, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Geneviève was 26 years old.

1736 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT died 1 July 1736, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1736 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET was born 30 December 1736, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Geneviève was 28 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Anne DUMONT dite GUERET married 2 January 1755 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean-Francois OUELLET

1762 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET married 22 November 1762, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Michel OUELLET

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.