Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE

(b. 12 November 1746 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1829 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE was born 12 November 1746 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Pierre-Bernard 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

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Pierre-Bernard married Josephte LAVOIE 21 November 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Josephte LAVOIE was born 8 October 1751 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Josephte died 3 October 1823 in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada. Josephte was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD.

Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE died 13 December 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE married

Josephte LAVOIE-- Date: 21 November 1774 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD

Children of Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Josephte LAVOIE:

Pierre LEVESQUE (b.24 August 1775, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 March 1860, Matane, Canada East )
m. Charlotte GAGNON 9 September 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Charlotte LEVESQUE (b.9 February 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1859, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East )
m. Joseph GAGNON 9 September 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Geneviève LEVESQUE (b.5 October 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 13 October 1833, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Claude LETOURNEAU 9 February 1813 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1746 Birth
12 November 1746
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Josephte LAVOIE 21 November 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 28 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE was born 24 August 1775, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 28 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEVESQUE was born 9 February 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 35 years old.

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 Canada

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

1794 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEVESQUE was born 5 October 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre-Bernard was 47 years old.

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Charlotte LEVESQUE married 9 September 1800, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Joseph GAGNON

1800 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE married 9 September 1800, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Charlotte GAGNON

1813 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEVESQUE married 9 February 1813, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Claude LETOURNEAU

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

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