{"id":13379,"date":"2019-04-01T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T01:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levasseur.org\/?page_id=13379"},"modified":"2024-01-06T07:42:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T12:42:54","slug":"our-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/levasseur.org\/en\/our-ancestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Our ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Main ancestors<\/h1>\n

In the 17th century, people with the surname “Levasseur” left France, their homeland, to come to New France. Jean, Pierre and Laurent Levasseur settled and were the first to build up in their new homeland. Other Levasseur came to perform duties for a given period in the country and returned to their country of origin.<\/p>\n

In the 19th and 20th centuries, people bearing the name Levasseur distinguished themselves and were noticed, either at the level of a profession or at the political level. Levasseurs have also pioneered in the different regions of Quebec, Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n

We want to make these people known.<\/p>\n

This information and associated references are extracted from the genealogical dictionaries “Genealogical dictionary of the descendants of Laurent Levasseur 1666 – 2008<\/strong>” and “Genealogical dictionary of the descendants of Jean and Pierre Levasseur 1645-2008<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Pierre Levasseur (1629-1694) and Jeanne de Chanverlange<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Pierre Levasseur (1629-1694)
\nand Jeanne de Chanverlange<\/h1>\n
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Pierre, his brother Jean and their sister Jeanne came to New France and settled in Qu\u00e9bec in the mid 17 th century. They were the children of No\u00ebl Levasseur and Genevieve Gaug\u00e9. Their father was a master carpenter. Pierre was baptized in 1629 in the Saint-Leu-et-Saint-Gilles Parish in Paris.<\/p>\n

Pierre\u2019s name is first noted on August 13, 1654 in the Qu\u00e9bec Parish\u2019s registers for the christening of his nephew Pierre Drolet, his sister Jeanne\u2018s son. Pierre was the child\u2019s godfather.<\/p>\n

Like his father, Pierre is a master carpenter. He married Jeanne Chanverlange in Qu\u00e9bec at the Notre-Dame Church on October 23, 1655. Jeanne was Antoine Chanverlange and Marthe Gu\u00e9rin\u2019s daughter. She was originally from Saint-Ursin, Bishopric of Bourges.<\/p>\n

Land was granted to Pierre Levasseur on March 4, 1657 in the Seigneurie of Argentenay on l\u2019\u00cele d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans. He cultivated this land but never obtained the title for that property. He sold it for 140 pounds to Vincent Chr\u00e9tien for the work he had done on it on August 26, 1663.<\/p>\n

On June 27, 1659, Governor d\u2019Argenson granted to our ancestor Pierre a piece of land to build in the Upper Town of Qu\u00e9bec between the Grande All\u00e9e and the Chemin du Fort. This land is located in proximity of the Fort and the Ch\u00e2teau Saint-Louis. Pierre had a home built there and spent most of his life with his family.<\/p>\n

The Jesuit Fathers granted him on August 26, 1663 land on the Seigneurie of Sillery. He kept this land until his death and it was given to his heirs. Fran\u00e7ois, his youngest son, settled there.<\/p>\n

During his life time, Pierre worked as a carpenter. He did a variety of jobs for different individuals and worked for the Qu\u00e9bec Fort. In 1674, he also worked on the construction of the Beauport Church.<\/p>\n

Pierre Levasseur and Jeanne Chanverlange had seven children, four girls and three boys. At his first son\u2019s christening in 1658, Pierre, who is the ancestor, is known as Pierre Levasseur dit Lesp\u00e9rance. Among his sons, Pierre is the only one who had descendants. The ancestor Pierre died on March 12, 1694 at l\u2019H\u00f4tel-Dieu de Qu\u00e9bec, at the age of 67. His wife, Jeanne de Chanverlange died prior to him, probably between the years 1679 to 1681.<\/p>\n

2 nd generation. Pierre Levasseur, Son<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pierre Levasseur, son, was born on April 30, 1661, in Qu\u00e9bec. Master carpenter like his father, he first married Madeleine Chapeau, in the Notre-Dame Church in Qu\u00e9bec on November 28, 1686. They had three children, one of which is Pierre-No\u00ebl (1690-1770) who became a \u00abmaster sculptor\u00bb.<\/p>\n

His second marriage was with Anne Mesnage, on March 18, 1696, in the Notre- Dame Church in Qu\u00e9bec. Sixteen children were born from this union, ten boys and six girls. Among them:<\/p>\n