Bernard
LEVESQUE
(b.
13 August 1821
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
d.
31 July 1891
,
St-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
)
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Bernard LEVESQUE was born 13 August 1821 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Bernard LEVESQUE was the child of Germain LEVESQUE and Marguerite BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEVESQUE and Marie-Josephte MORAIS (maternal) Jean-Francois BERUBE and Marie-Josephte SOUCYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Bernard married Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) 26 May 1844 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) was born 24 August 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Henriette died 14 March 1900 in Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Henriette was the child of Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite PARENT.
Bernard LEVESQUE died 31 July 1891 in St-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Bernard LEVESQUE
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Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE)-- Date: 26 May 1844 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East
Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) was the child of Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite PARENT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Bernard LEVESQUE and Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE):
Ulric LEVESQUE (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne PELLETIER 20 February 1871
Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE)-- Date: 26 May 1844 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) was the child of Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite PARENT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Bernard LEVESQUE and Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE):
Ulric LEVESQUE (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )m. Marie-Anne PELLETIER 20 February 1871
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1821 Birth 13 August 1821
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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 Marriage / PartnerBernard LEVESQUE and Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) 26 May 1844, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
He was 22 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1891 Death 31 July 1891
St-Pacôme, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 70.
Added: 8/17/2022 4:49:19 PM
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