History and origin of the Levesque family

Robert Levesque was born in 1642 in Hautot-St-Sulpice, Normandie in France. Son of Pierre Levesque and Marie Gaumont, he married Jeanne Chevalier, widow of Guillaume Le Canteur, on April 22nd 1679, in L’Ange-Gardien. From this union were born 6 children. He arrived in 1674 as a carpenter and settled down in Rivière-Ouelle. In 1681, he owns 4 guns, 11 heads of cattle and 10 acres of land. He died in Rivière-Ouelle on September 11th 1699.

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LEVESQUE – Agglutination of Old French “the bishop” (Bishop), an ironic nickname for somebody who is really devoted, or to emphasize the impious nature of a person. Know variants: Lévêque, Lévesque, Levesques, Levecque and Bishop (English Version).

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<b> Rene Levesque </b> was born on August 24th 1922 in Campbellton, New Brunswick. He first worked as a journalist and radio and television animator before starting his political career in 1960 as deputy of the Liberal Party of Quebec in Montreal-Laurier. Eight years later, he became president of the new Parti Quebecois. On November 15th 1976, he became Quebec Prime Minister and remained until 1985. He died from heart attack on November 1st 1987 in Verdun. To find out if you have common ancestors, take a look at his <a href="/an/personnalite.asp?Nom=Rene_Levesque">paternal line</a>!

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