Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE

(b. 18 July 1738 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1822 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE was born 18 July 1738 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT (maternal) Mathurin BERUBE and Angelique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Joseph-Francois married Marie-Josephte OUELLET 30 August 1763 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte OUELLET was born 9 February 1745 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Josephte died 11 June 1807 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph-Francois OUELLET and Marie-Françoise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS.

Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE died 23 February 1822 in La Pocatière, 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-Francois LEVESQUE married

Marie-Josephte OUELLET-- Date: 30 August 1763 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte OUELLET was the child of Joseph-Francois OUELLET and Marie-Françoise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Children of Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE and Marie-Josephte OUELLET:

Josephte LEVESQUE (b.8 April 1766, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 December 1840, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BOUCHARD 26 November 1792 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1738 Birth
18 July 1738
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE and Marie-Josephte OUELLET 30 August 1763, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 25 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Josephte LEVESQUE was born 8 April 1766, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph-Francois was 27 years old.

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.