François LEVESQUE

(b. 24 April 1795 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 28 October 1880 , Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )

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François LEVESQUE was born 24 April 1795 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

François LEVESQUE was the child of Louis-Marie LEVESQUE and Brigitte MARQUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Angélique MIVILLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS and Marie-Claire TALON

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

François married Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ 7 September 1818 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ was born 22 January 1797 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marie-Rosalie died 28 November 1830 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Marie-Rosalie was the child of Isidore CHASSE and Madeleine-Rosalie NADEAU.

François LEVESQUE died 28 October 1880 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, 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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Family and Children of François LEVESQUE

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François LEVESQUE married

Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ-- Date: 7 September 1818 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ was the child of Isidore CHASSE and Madeleine-Rosalie NADEAU

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Children of François LEVESQUE and Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ:

Leocadie LEVESQUE (b.31 December 1822, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1844, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East )

Joseph LEVESQUE (b.4 May 1824, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. 18 November 1894, )

Henedine LEVESQUE (b.2 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. , )

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1795 Birth
24 April 1795
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
François LEVESQUE and Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ 7 September 1818, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Leocadie LEVESQUE was born 31 December 1822, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 27 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Joseph LEVESQUE was born 4 May 1824, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 29 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Henedine LEVESQUE was born 2 November 1825, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 30 years old.

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ died 28 November 1830, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Death of Child
Leocadie LEVESQUE died 2 June 1844, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 49 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.