Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE

(b. 29 September 1710 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1777 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE was born 29 September 1710 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique MENEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert LEVESQUE and Jeanne CHEVALIER (maternal) Jacques MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marguerite PEUVRIER

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

Marie-Madeleine married Augustin PLOURDE 10 July 1728 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Augustin PLOURDE was born abt. 1708 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Augustin died 21 April 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Augustin was the child of René PLOURDE and Jeanne-Marguerite BERUBE.

Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE died 20 October 1777 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE

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Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE married

Augustin PLOURDE-- Date: 10 July 1728 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Augustin PLOURDE was the child of René PLOURDE and Jeanne-Marguerite BERUBE

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Children of Augustin PLOURDE and Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE:

Joseph PLOURDE (b.12 February 1731, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE 30 July 1755 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Augustin PLOURDE (b.14 December 1732, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Madeleine PLOURDE (b.7 November 1733, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1786, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne PERRAULT 18 October 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Angelique-Josephe PLOURDE (b.24 September 1735, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE 11 February 1754 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Louise PLOURDE (b.21 September 1737, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1821, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Pierre-Charles DUPERE 9 January 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
m. Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE 11 January 1762 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Agathe PLOURDE (b.10 July 1737, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Anne PLOURDE (b.15 January 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1786, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Maurice DUBE 12 January 1761 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Catherine PLOURDE (b.17 November 1741, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1784, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 11 August 1783 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Josephe PLOURDE (b.11 October 1743, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephe PLOURDE (b.12 December 1744, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Denis PLOURDE (b.4 October 1746, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1807, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET 1 February 1768 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Pierre PLOURDE (b.14 July 1748, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 13 September 1825, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte BERUBE 23 November 1772 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Augustin PLOURDE (b.20 March 1750, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine BERUBE 26 April 1769 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Athanase PLOURDE (b.12 May 1752, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Judith BERUBE 25 November 1771 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
m. Geneviève LEVASSEUR 13 April 1812 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1710 Birth
29 September 1710
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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE and Augustin PLOURDE 10 July 1728, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 17 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Joseph PLOURDE was born 12 February 1731, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 20 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Augustin PLOURDE was born 14 December 1732, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 22 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Madeleine PLOURDE was born 7 November 1733, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 23 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Angelique-Josephe PLOURDE was born 24 September 1735, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 25 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe PLOURDE was born 10 July 1737, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 26 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PLOURDE was born 21 September 1737, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Madeleine was 26 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PLOURDE was born 15 January 1740, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 29 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine PLOURDE was born 17 November 1741, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 31 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe PLOURDE was born 11 October 1743, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 33 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe PLOURDE was born 12 December 1744, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 34 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Denis PLOURDE was born 4 October 1746, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 36 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Pierre PLOURDE was born 14 July 1748, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 37 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Augustin PLOURDE was born 20 March 1750, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 39 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Athanase PLOURDE was born 12 May 1752, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 41 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Angelique-Josephe PLOURDE married 11 February 1754, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE

1755 Marriage of Child
Joseph PLOURDE married 30 July 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin PLOURDE died 21 April 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1756 Marriage of Child
Madeleine PLOURDE married 18 October 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Etienne PERRAULT

1758 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PLOURDE married 9 January 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pierre-Charles DUPERE

1760 Death of Child
Joseph PLOURDE died 30 March 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Madeleine was 49 years old.

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PLOURDE married 12 January 1761 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Maurice DUBE

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PLOURDE married 11 January 1762, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE

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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Denis PLOURDE married 1 February 1768 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET

1769 Marriage of Child
Augustin PLOURDE married 26 April 1769, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Madeleine BERUBE

1771 Marriage of Child
Athanase PLOURDE married 25 November 1771 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Judith BERUBE

1772 Marriage of Child
Pierre PLOURDE married 23 November 1772 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Charlotte BERUBE

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.