Alexis LEDUC

(b. 31 January 1753 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1831 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Alexis LEDUC was born 31 January 1753 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Alexis LEDUC was the child of Baptiste-Alexis LEDUC and Dorothee VALLEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEDUC and Marie-Angelique GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIERE (maternal) Charles VALLEE and Marie-Ursule GENDRON

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

Alexis married Josephte LEVESQUE 16 January 1792 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LEVESQUE was born 18 October 1765 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Josephte died 10 July 1846 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Josephte was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ and Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU).

Alexis LEDUC died 11 October 1831 in La-Pérade, 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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Alexis LEDUC married

Josephte LEVESQUE-- Date: 16 January 1792 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Josephte LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE dit ROMPREZ and Marie-Josephte DEVEAU (DE VAU)

Children of Alexis LEDUC and Josephte LEVESQUE:

Louis LEDUC (b.24 May 1794, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Theotiste BASTARACHE 2 May 1825 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1753 Birth
31 January 1753
La-Pérade, 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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Alexis LEDUC and Josephte LEVESQUE 16 January 1792, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 38 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Louis LEDUC was born 24 May 1794, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Alexis was 41 years old.

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.

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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Louis LEDUC married 2 May 1825, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Theotiste BASTARACHE

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)