Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE

(b. 16 April 1713 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE was born 16 April 1713 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE was the child of Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert LEVESQUE and Jeanne CHEVALIER (maternal) Charles LETARTRE (LETARTE) and Marie MAHEU

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

Bernard-Pierre-Jean married Elisabeth MICHAUD 14 April 1738 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Elisabeth MICHAUD was born abt. 1716 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Elisabeth died 20 March 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Elisabeth was the child of Louis MICHAUD and Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR.

Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE died 6 May 1792 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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Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE married

Elisabeth MICHAUD-- Date: 14 April 1738 Place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Elisabeth MICHAUD was the child of Louis MICHAUD and Claire-Françoise LEVASSEUR

Children of Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE and Elisabeth MICHAUD:

Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE (b.26 April 1739, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1792, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste EMOND 21 June 1762 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph LEVESQUE (b.23 August 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE (b.12 November 1746, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1829, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte LAVOIE 21 November 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1713 Birth
16 April 1713
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
Bernard-Pierre-Jean LEVESQUE and Elisabeth MICHAUD 14 April 1738 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 25 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE was born 26 April 1739, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Bernard-Pierre-Jean was 26 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Joseph LEVESQUE was born 23 August 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Bernard-Pierre-Jean was 27 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE was born 12 November 1746, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Bernard-Pierre-Jean was 33 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE married 21 June 1762, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-Baptiste EMOND

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE married 21 November 1774, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Josephte LAVOIE

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.