Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE

(b. 28 November 1690 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1770 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE was born 28 November 1690 in Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Madeleine CHAPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Jeanne CHAVERLANGE (maternal) Pierre CHAPEAU and Madeleine DUVAL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre-Noel married Marie-Agnes LAJOUE 7 January 1719 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Agnes LAJOUE was born 13 June 1700 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Agnes was the child of François LAJOUE and Marie-Anne MÉNAGE (MESNAGE).

Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE died 12 August 1770 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE was a Maitre Sculpteur.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

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

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Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE married

Marie-Agnes LAJOUE-- Date: 7 January 1719 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Agnes LAJOUE was the child of François LAJOUE and Marie-Anne MÉNAGE (MESNAGE)

Children of Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Agnes LAJOUE:

Michel-Rene LEVASSEUR (b.12 October 1724, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE 29 January 1753 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1690 Birth
28 November 1690
Québec, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Noel LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Agnes LAJOUE 7 January 1719, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 28 years old.

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

1724 Birth of Child
Michel-Rene LEVASSEUR was born 12 October 1724, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre-Noel was 33 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Michel-Rene LEVASSEUR married 29 January 1753, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

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.