Jacques LECLERC

Born

15 September 1750 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Died

22 November 1827 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada

Jacques married Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU 24 November 1777 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU was born 19 June 1759 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . Geneviève-Françoise was the child of Nicolas MATHIEU and Marie-Geneviève GODBOUT .

Parents & Family of Jacques LECLERC

Parents of Jacques LECLERC

Father

Pierre-Prisque LECLERC

Mother

Catherine VAILLANCOURT

Grandparents of Jacques LECLERC

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC Marguerite BEAUCHAMP

Maternal grandparents

Joseph VAILLANCOURT Marie-Charlotte MULOIN (MULOUIN)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques LECLERC

Jacques LECLERC married

Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU
Marriage date: 24 November 1777
Marriage place: Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU was the child of Nicolas MATHIEU and Marie-Geneviève GODBOUT

Children of Jacques LECLERC and Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU

Marie-Geneviève LECLERC

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Charles BEAUCHAMP 5 August 1800 Place: Mascouche, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1750
15 September 1750
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LECLERC and Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU 24 November 1777 , Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

He was 27 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève LECLERC married 5 August 1800, Mascouche, Lower Canada to François-Charles BEAUCHAMP

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)