Josephe LAPORTE

(b. 17 February 1750 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1830 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada )

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Josephe LAPORTE was born 17 February 1750 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Josephe LAPORTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LAPORTE and Marie-Anne CASAVANT (maternal) Nicolas CUSSON and Marie-Françoise-Louise GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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

Josephe married Jacques LEVESQUE 14 November 1768 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques LEVESQUE was born 13 June 1742 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Jacques died 3 April 1810 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Michel LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Josephe CADIEUX.

Josephe LAPORTE died 4 July 1830 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada.

m. Levesque Jacques

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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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Josephe LAPORTE married

Jacques LEVESQUE-- Date: 14 November 1768 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques LEVESQUE was the child of Michel LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Josephe CADIEUX

Children of Jacques LEVESQUE and Josephe LAPORTE:

Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY (b.5 January 1778, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 August 1831, Joliette, Lower Canada )
m. Julie BEAUDOIN 15 April 1799 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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1750 Birth
17 February 1750
Repentigny, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Josephe LAPORTE and Jacques LEVESQUE 14 November 1768, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 18 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY was born 5 January 1778, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Josephe was 27 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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE dit SANSOUCY married 15 April 1799, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Julie BEAUDOIN

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