Joseph Ovila Lévesque b. 1898 d. 1975: Our Family History

Joseph Ovila Lévesque

1898 - 1975 (77 years)

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Name	Joseph Ovila Lévesque [1, 2, 3]
Birth	1898 [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Residence	1910	Fall River Ward 4, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1950	Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [3]
	Occupation: Cloth Manufacturer; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
Death	1975
Person ID	I292653880116	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Ovila Ovide Lévesque, b. 15 Jan 1865, Baie-des-Sables, Matane, Québec, Canada d. 10 fév 1923, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age 57 years)
Mother	Aglaé Bérubé, b. 23 Jul 1874, Baie-des-Sables, Matane, Québec, Canada d. 26 Oct 1954, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
Marriage	21 Jul 1890	Fall River, Massachusetts, USA [4, 5]
Family ID	F16615	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Marie Yvonne Florida Gagnon, b. 1900 d. 1995 (Age 95 years)

Children

1. Claire Regina Lévesque, b. 17 Jun 1936, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

d. 24 Nov 2017, Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

(Age 81 years)

Family ID F16452 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

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[S1067856477] New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.