Josephte CHARRON

(b. 24 January 1747 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1819 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Josephte CHARRON was born 24 January 1747 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Josephte CHARRON was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit LAFERRIERE and Josephte SAMSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit LAFERRIÈRE and Genevieve DUPIL (DUPILLE) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste SAMSON and Marie-Charlotte LECOUR

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

Josephte married Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE 18 January 1770 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE was born 11 April 1745 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph-Antoine died 8 January 1824 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Joseph-Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER.

Josephte CHARRON died 20 July 1819 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. Levesque Joseph-Antoine

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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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Josephte CHARRON married

Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE-- Date: 18 January 1770 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER

Children of Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE and Josephte CHARRON:

Marie-Julie LEVESQUE (b.15 November 1776, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1834, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Amable LABOURLIÈRE 17 October 1803 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1747 Birth
24 January 1747
Beaumont, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Josephte CHARRON and Joseph-Antoine LEVESQUE 18 January 1770 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 23 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie LEVESQUE was born 15 November 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Josephte was 29 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)

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie LEVESQUE married 17 October 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Amable LABOURLIÈRE

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.