Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE

(b. 26 April 1739 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE was born 26 April 1739 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE was the child of Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE and Elisabeth MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE) (maternal) Louis MICHAUD and Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR

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

Marie-Josephe married Jean-Baptiste EMOND 21 June 1762 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste EMOND was born 29 June 1737 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Jean-Baptiste died 29 May 1823 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Augustin EMOND and Marie-Ursule MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT).

Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE died 5 April 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .

m. Emond Jean-Baptiste

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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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Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE married

Jean-Baptiste EMOND-- Date: 21 June 1762 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada
Jean-Baptiste EMOND was the child of Augustin EMOND and Marie-Ursule MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

Children of Jean-Baptiste EMOND and Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE:

Joseph EMOND (b.7 December 1766, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 February 1840, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Veronique DUBE 26 October 1790 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1739 Birth
26 April 1739
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE and Jean-Baptiste EMOND 21 June 1762, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 23 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph EMOND was born 7 December 1766, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Josephe was 27 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.