Gregoire LECLERC

Born

31 October 1823 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

Died

6 August 1869 , Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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Pierre LECLERC Marie-Desanges LAVOIE

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Born: 31 October 1823 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre LECLERC

Mother: Marie-Desanges LAVOIE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LECLAIR (LECLERC) , Geneviève LACROIX DESNOYERS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE , Marie-Clémence LONGPRÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gregoire married Henriette ROUSSEAU 8 February 1847 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Henriette ROUSSEAU was born abt. 1831 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Henriette died 21 December 1903 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Henriette was the child of Guillaume ROUSSEAU and Adele GAUTHIER.

Gregoire LECLERC died 6 August 1869 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: carter

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Gregoire LECLERC

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Gregoire LECLERC married

Henriette ROUSSEAU
Marriage date: 8 February 1847
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Henriette ROUSSEAU was the child of Guillaume ROUSSEAU and Adele GAUTHIER

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Notre-Dame, Montréal

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Children of Gregoire LECLERC and Henriette ROUSSEAU

Flore LECLERC

Born: abt. 1848, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East
Died: ,

Cléophas LECLAIR

Born: 12 September 1849, Verchères, Canada East
Died: 12 May 1917, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Amanda FERE 23 June 1869 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Married: Odile GUYON 6 June 1870 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1823
31 October 1823
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Gregoire LECLERC and Henriette ROUSSEAU 8 February 1847, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Cléophas LECLAIR was born 12 September 1849, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Gregoire was 25 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.