Ignace LEVESQUE

(b. 17 February 1760 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada d. 18 January 1832 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Ignace LEVESQUE was born 17 February 1760 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

Ignace LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie-Louise MORAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie CÔTÉ (maternal) Louis MORAIS and Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS

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

Ignace married Charlotte GRONDIN 22 January 1787 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte GRONDIN was born 10 October 1768 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte was the child of Etienne GRONDIN and Marie-Anne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Ignace LEVESQUE died 18 January 1832 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Ignace LEVESQUE married

Charlotte GRONDIN-- Date: 22 January 1787 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte GRONDIN was the child of Etienne GRONDIN and Marie-Anne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Children of Ignace LEVESQUE and Charlotte GRONDIN:

Ignace LEVESQUE (b.12 July 1797, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1872, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada )
m. Genevieve DUBE 28 November 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1760 Birth
17 February 1760
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LEVESQUE and Charlotte GRONDIN 22 January 1787, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1797 Birth of Child
Ignace LEVESQUE was born 12 July 1797, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Ignace was 37 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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage of Child
Ignace LEVESQUE married 28 November 1826, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Genevieve DUBE

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)