Pierre LEVESQUE

(b. 28 September 1741 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1808 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEVESQUE was born 28 September 1741 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Pierre LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Geneviève CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET

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Pierre married Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT 11 February 1765 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT was born 1 February 1741 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Josephe died 21 September 1819 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie Josephe was the child of Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT.

Pierre LEVESQUE died 25 August 1808 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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Pierre LEVESQUE married

Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT-- Date: 11 February 1765 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT was the child of Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT

Children of Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT:

Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE (b.14 November 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1809, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

Pierre-Paul LEVESQUE (b.28 October 1767, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 February 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

Modeste LEVESQUE (b.3 April 1771, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 July 1777, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE (b.19 July 1773, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

Pierre LEVESQUE (b.12 June 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 January 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

Joseph-Marie LEVESQUE (b.15 August 1781, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 February 1809, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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1741 Birth
28 September 1741
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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie Josephe THÉRIAULT 11 February 1765 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 23 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE was born 14 November 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Pierre-Paul LEVESQUE was born 28 October 1767, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Modeste LEVESQUE was born 3 April 1771, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE was born 19 July 1773, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1774 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE died 1 March 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 32 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.

1777 Death of Child
Modeste LEVESQUE died 30 July 1777, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE was born 12 June 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie LEVESQUE was born 15 August 1781, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 39 years old.

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Death of Child
Pierre LEVESQUE died 29 January 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 64 years old.

1806 Death of Child
Pierre-Paul LEVESQUE died 10 February 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 64 years old.

1808 Death
25 August 1808
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 66.

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