Germain LEVESQUE

(b. 23 August 1753 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1825 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Germain LEVESQUE was born 23 August 1753 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Germain LEVESQUE was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT (maternal) Mathurin BERUBE and Angelique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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

Germain married Anastasie OUELLET 15 November 1779 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anastasie OUELLET was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Anastasie died 4 November 1819 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Anastasie was the child of Francois OUELLET and Marie-Anne AYOTTE.

Germain LEVESQUE died 22 November 1825 in La Pocatière, 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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Germain LEVESQUE married

Anastasie OUELLET-- Date: 15 November 1779 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Anastasie OUELLET was the child of Francois OUELLET and Marie-Anne AYOTTE

Children of Germain LEVESQUE and Anastasie OUELLET:

Louise LEVESQUE (b.abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Aristobule RICHARD 15 August 1820 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Theotiste LEVESQUE (b.1 August 1799, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1868, Cacouna, Québec, Canada )
m. Honore DIONNE 17 February 1824 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1753 Birth
23 August 1753
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Germain LEVESQUE and Anastasie OUELLET 15 November 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 26 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 Birth of Child
Theotiste LEVESQUE was born 1 August 1799, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Germain was 45 years old.

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

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.