Joachim LEVESQUE

(b. 21 March 1722 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1805 , Repentigny, Lower Canada )

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Joachim LEVESQUE was born 21 March 1722 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Joachim LEVESQUE was the child of Edmond LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne MORAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie CROISET (maternal) Pierre MORAND and Marie-Madeleine GRIMARD

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

Joachim married Marie-Anne RIVET 22 February 1745 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne RIVET was born 13 July 1720 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Charles RIVET and Marie-Josephe DESMARAIS.

Joachim LEVESQUE died 23 October 1805 in Repentigny, 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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Joachim LEVESQUE married

Marie-Anne RIVET-- Date: 22 February 1745 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne RIVET was the child of Charles RIVET and Marie-Josephe DESMARAIS

Children of Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne RIVET:

Antoine LEVESQUE (b.22 February 1753, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1838, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR) 11 August 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Anne LEVESQUE (b.abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean PAYET dit ST-AMOUR 3 October 1774 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1722 Birth
21 March 1722
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne RIVET 22 February 1745, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Antoine LEVESQUE was born 22 February 1753, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joachim was 30 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Anne LEVESQUE married 3 October 1774, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Jean PAYET dit ST-AMOUR

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.