Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE

(b. 30 September 1791 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 29 October 1861 , Yamaska, Canada East )
Cause of Death: drowned in Lavallière Bay

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Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 30 September 1791 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was the child of Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marguerite LASALLE dite TALUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marie-Anne GIGUERE (maternal) Pierre LASALLE dit TALUSSIER and Veronique DALPE dite MONTOUR

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

Michel married Catherine PARENTEAU 6 February 1815 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine PARENTEAU was born 28 October 1792 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Catherine died 31 January 1823 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Catherine was the child of Michel PARENTEAU and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle FORCIER.

Michel married (2) Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD 13 January 1825 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD was born 3 October 1796 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Susanne died 3 October 1857 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Susanne was the child of Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR.

Michel married (3) Genevieve LECLERC 13 May 1859 in Sorel, Canada East . Genevieve LECLERC was born 23 September 1811 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Genevieve died 26 January 1899 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marie GENEREUX.

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE died 29 October 1861 in Yamaska, Canada East .
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Occupation

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was a farmer and political figure in Canada East. He represented Yamaska in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1851.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
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farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Catherine PARENTEAU-- Date: 6 February 1815 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Catherine PARENTEAU was the child of Michel PARENTEAU and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle FORCIER

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Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Catherine PARENTEAU:

Catherine FOURQUIN (b.10 February 1817, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 28 February 1894, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre BERGERON 4 November 1834 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ (b.14 November 1819, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Maxime BEAUPRE 11 September 1838 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD-- Date: 13 January 1825 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD was the child of Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR

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Children of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD:

Emilie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE (b.30 November 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 14 December 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Sophie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE (b.25 November 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 26 December 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.22 November 1827, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 5 September 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Julie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE (b.21 February 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 9 March 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Marie-Elmire FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE (b.25 May 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 4 June 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Pierre FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.10 June 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 3 July 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Marie-Olive FOURQUIN (b.12 November 1833, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 9 August 1910, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR 8 February 1853 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Edouard-Narcisse FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.6 March 1836, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 1 March 1880, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Archange FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE (b.30 June 1837, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 1 October 1837, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Antoine-Elzear-Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.3 July 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.2 February 1841, Yamaska, Canada East d. , )

Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE (b.30 October 1843, Yamaska, Canada East d. 7 January 1844, Yamaska, Canada East )

Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE married

Genevieve LECLERC-- Date: 13 May 1859 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Genevieve LECLERC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marie GENEREUX

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1791 Birth
30 September 1791
Yamaska, Lower Canada

Biography
Né à Yamaska et baptisé dans la paroisse Saint-Michel, le 30 septembre 1791, fils de Joseph Léveillé et de Marguerite Lasalle. Connu surtout sous le patronyme de Fourquin.

Fut cultivateur à Yamaska.

Défait dans Yamaska en 1844. Élu député de cette circonscription en 1848; membre du Groupe canadien-français, puis réformiste. Défait en 1851.

Se noya dans la baie de Lavallière, le 27 octobre 1861, à l'âge de 70 ans. Inhumé dans l'église Saint-Michel, à Yamaska, le 29 octobre 1861.

Avait épousé dans sa paroisse natale, le 6 février 1815, Catherine Parenteau, fille de Michel Parenteau et d'Élisabeth Forcier; puis, dans la paroisse Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, à Baie-du-Febvre, le 13 janvier 1825, Suzanne Chouinard, veuve d'Antoine Caya; enfin, dans la paroisse Saint-Pierre, à Sorel, le 13 mai 1859, Geneviève Leclerc, veuve d'Édouard Ducondu.
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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Catherine PARENTEAU 6 February 1815, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Catherine FOURQUIN was born 10 February 1817, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ was born 14 November 1819, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 28 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine PARENTEAU died 31 January 1823, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD 13 January 1825, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 33 years old.

1825 Birth of Child
Emilie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 30 November 1825, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 34 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Sophie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 25 November 1826, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 35 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 22 November 1827, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 36 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 21 February 1829, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 37 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Marie-Elmire FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 25 May 1830, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 38 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Pierre FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 10 June 1831, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 39 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Olive FOURQUIN was born 12 November 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 42 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Antoine FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE died 5 September 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 42 years old.

1834 Marriage of Child
Catherine FOURQUIN married 4 November 1834 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre BERGERON

1836 Birth of Child
Edouard-Narcisse FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 6 March 1836, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 44 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 30 June 1837, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 45 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Antoine-Elzear-Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 3 July 1838, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 46 years old.

1838 Marriage of Child
Josephte FOURQUIN dite LÉVEILLÉ married 11 September 1838, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Maxime BEAUPRE

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Alfred FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 2 February 1841, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 49 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE was born 30 October 1843, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 52 years old.

1844 Death of Child
Maxime FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE died 7 January 1844, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 52 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie-Olive FOURQUIN married 8 February 1853, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD died 3 October 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve LECLERC 13 May 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 67 years old.