Thomas Levesque

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Levesque was born on 14 October 1810, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada, his father, Thomas Noel Levesque, was 23 and his mother, Magdeleine Landry, was 19. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Jane Welch. He lived in Seymour Township, Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died in 1898, in Seymour Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Levesque
1810–1898
Jane Welch
1817–1907
Mary Leveck
1833–
John Leveque
1848–1893
Mary Brady Brady
1835–1900
Thomas Levesque
1836–1909
Ann Nancy Laveque
1841–1899
James Leveck
1845–

Sources (9)

  • Thomas Leveck, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Leveque - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Thomas Leveque
  • Thomas Lévéque, "Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923"

World Events (4)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Normand, Armand, Lucien, Marcel, Rosaire, Emile, Gilles, Pierre, Jacques, Adrien, Raoul.

French: from Old French évesque ‘bishop’ (from Latin episcopus; see Bishop ), with fused definite article l', hence an occupational name for a member of a bishop's household, or an ironic nickname for a solemn person. Compare Laveck , Leveck , and Leveque .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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