Marguerite LEVESQUE

(b. 5 November 1713 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1806 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marguerite LEVESQUE was born 5 November 1713 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marguerite LEVESQUE was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Charlotte AUBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert LEVESQUE and Jeanne CHEVALIER (maternal) Felix AUBERT and Claire-Françoise THIBAULT

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

Marguerite married Jean-Louis ANCTIL dit ST-JEAN 25 November 1738 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Louis ANCTIL dit ST-JEAN was born 25 January 1708 in St-Pair, France. Jean-Louis died 22 April 1787 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere).

Marguerite LEVESQUE died 12 August 1806 in Québec Province, 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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Marguerite LEVESQUE married

Jean-Louis ANCTIL dit ST-JEAN-- Date: 25 November 1738 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Children of Jean-Louis ANCTIL dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite LEVESQUE:

Jean-Baptiste ANCTIL (b.23 September 1745, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1820, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth-Barbe FOURNIER 18 February 1765 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1713 Birth
5 November 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
Marguerite LEVESQUE and Jean-Louis ANCTIL dit ST-JEAN 25 November 1738, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 25 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ANCTIL was born 23 September 1745, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

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 of Child
Jean-Baptiste ANCTIL married 18 February 1765, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Elisabeth-Barbe FOURNIER

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.