http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I105749&tree=v7_28 -------------------- Pierre-Joachim Lévesque was born January 24, 1682. He was baptized on April 21 of the same year at Grande-Anse (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière). His godfather was Pier Saint-Pierre and his godmother, mother Saint-Joachim, a nun from the "Hospitalière" order, aunt of the lord Deschamps. He married Angélique Letartre, daughter of Charles Letartre and Marie Maheu, on June 30, 1705, at L'Ange-Gardien. His father-in-law was one of the witnesses who signed the marriage contract of Robert Lévesque and Jeanne Chevalier in 1679. The bride was 17 years old and he was 23. Pierre-Joachim inherited the paternal homestead and one third of the land of his father. His widowed mother resided in the same house. The couple had 13 children: seven sons and six daughters. Angélique Letartre died on January 30, 1742, and was buried on the 31st in Rivière-Ouelle. Pierre-Joachim died on November 8, 1759, at Rivière-Ouelle at 76 years of age. His death occurred at the fall of Quebec City, at a time when the inhabitants feared the effects of an English presence in the area. -------------------- http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I105749&tree=v7_28