Joseph LEVESQUE

(b. 4 November 1736 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1822 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEVESQUE was born 4 November 1736 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Joseph LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise MORAIS 3 November 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MORAIS was born 11 July 1734 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Louise died 18 June 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis MORAIS and Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS.

Joseph LEVESQUE died 30 May 1822 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Joseph LEVESQUE married

Marie-Louise MORAIS-- Date: 3 November 1756 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise MORAIS was the child of Louis MORAIS and Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS

Children of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie-Louise MORAIS:

Ignace LEVESQUE (b.17 February 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada d. 18 January 1832, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte GRONDIN 22 January 1787 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1736 Birth
4 November 1736
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie-Louise MORAIS 3 November 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 20 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Ignace LEVESQUE was born 17 February 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 23 years old.

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.