Alphonse Levasseur was born on August 26, 1876 in Bécancour, in the Nicolet region of Quebec. He is the second child of Jean Levasseur (born July 17, 1848) and Blandine Hamel (born February 17, 1856). He has five brothers: Amédée Levasseur (born September 29, 1874), Eugène Philogène Levasseur (born September 7, 1878), Gédéon Edmond Adélard Levasseur (born December 29, 1882), Delphis Levasseur (born August 6, 1885) and Adolphe William “Willie” Levasseur (born January 21, 1888), as well as five sisters: Joseph Alfred Frady Levasseur (born November 13, 1880), Albertine Angelina Levasseur (born September 17, 1890), Clarilda Levasseur (born March 7, 1892), Aurore Levasseur (born January 26, 1894) and Émilia Levasseur (born around 1896). ….suite