Germain LEVESQUE

(b. 29 July 1779 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 January 1833 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Germain LEVESQUE was born 29 July 1779 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Germain LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph-Toussaint LEVESQUE and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Catherine DUBE

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

Germain married Victoire PARADIS 31 January 1803 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire PARADIS was born 27 August 1784 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Victoire died 20 October 1827 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Victoire was the child of Etienne PARADIS and Elisabeth HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Germain LEVESQUE died 24 January 1833 in Rimouski, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Germain LEVESQUE married

Victoire PARADIS-- Date: 31 January 1803 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Victoire PARADIS was the child of Etienne PARADIS and Elisabeth HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Children of Germain LEVESQUE and Victoire PARADIS:

Narcisse LEVESQUE (b.15 November 1803, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1888, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Thecle LAVOIE 20 November 1826 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1779 Birth
29 July 1779
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Germain LEVESQUE and Victoire PARADIS 31 January 1803, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 23 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Narcisse LEVESQUE was born 15 November 1803, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Germain was 24 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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Narcisse LEVESQUE married 20 November 1826, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Thecle LAVOIE

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)