Antoine LEVESQUE

(b. 22 February 1753 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1838 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LEVESQUE was born 22 February 1753 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Antoine LEVESQUE was the child of Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne RIVET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Edmond LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne MORAND (maternal) Charles RIVET and Marie-Josephe DESMARAIS

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Antoine married Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR) 11 August 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR) was born 11 May 1751 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Catherine-Reine was the child of François PETITCLERC and Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE.

Antoine LEVESQUE died 2 May 1838 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR)-- Date: 11 August 1806 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR) was the child of François PETITCLERC and Jeanne GUÉRIN dite LANEUVILLE

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1753 Birth
22 February 1753
Repentigny, 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.

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEVESQUE and Marie-Catherine-Reine LECLERC (LECLAIR) 11 August 1806, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 53 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England