Alexandre LEVASSEUR

(b. 8 December 1791 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 1 June 1859 , Kamouraska, Canada East )

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Alexandre LEVASSEUR was born 8 December 1791 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Alexandre LEVASSEUR was the child of Etienne LEVASSEUR and Angélique MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR and Marie-Claire NADEAU (maternal) Antoine MICHAUD and Angélique MIVILLE

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Alexandre married Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS 22 November 1813 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 14 September 1798 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Angélique died 5 March 1871 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angélique was the child of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS.

Alexandre LEVASSEUR died 1 June 1859 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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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Alexandre LEVASSEUR married

Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS-- Date: 22 November 1813 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Angelique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Children of Alexandre LEVASSEUR and Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS:

Georges LEVASSEUR (b.abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Caroline PELLETIER 14 February 1849 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1791 Birth
8 December 1791
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre LEVASSEUR and Angélique ROY dite DESJARDINS 22 November 1813, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 21 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

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)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Georges LEVASSEUR married 14 February 1849, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Caroline PELLETIER

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