Basile LEVESQUE

(b. 8 February 1742 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1810 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Basile LEVESQUE was born 8 February 1742 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Basile LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe (Josette) BERUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT

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

Basile married Josephte MORIN 22 October 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte MORIN was born 4 April 1749 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 29 November 1831 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Josephte was the child of Pierre-Roch MORIN and Marie-Josephe HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Basile LEVESQUE died 28 October 1810 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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Basile LEVESQUE married

Josephte MORIN-- Date: 22 October 1766 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte MORIN was the child of Pierre-Roch MORIN and Marie-Josephe HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Children of Basile LEVESQUE and Josephte MORIN:

Pascal LEVESQUE (b.10 February 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1858, St-Pacôme, Canada)
m. Marie BERUBE 9 January 1804 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1742 Birth
8 February 1742
Rivière-Ouelle, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Basile LEVESQUE and Josephte MORIN 22 October 1766, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 24 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.