Claire LEFEBVRE

Born

24 September 1770 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 September 1860 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Claire married François BELANGER 7 January 1808 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François BELANGER was born 10 August 1765 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . François died 16 April 1848 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . François was the child of Joseph BELANGER and Genevieve BERNIER .

Parents & Family of Claire LEFEBVRE

Parents of Claire LEFEBVRE

Father

Joseph LEFEBVRE

Mother

Marie-Claire MATTE

Grandparents of Claire LEFEBVRE

Paternal grandparents

Guillaume LEFEBVRE Marie-Angélique RICHARD

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas MATTE Rose GODIN dite JACQUOT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claire LEFEBVRE

Claire LEFEBVRE married

François BELANGER
Marriage date: 7 January 1808
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
François BELANGER was the child of Joseph BELANGER and Genevieve BERNIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François BELANGER and Claire LEFEBVRE

Marie-Emerentienne BELANGER

Born: 7 September 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre GENDRON 12 February 1833 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1770
24 September 1770
Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Claire LEFEBVRE and François BELANGER 7 January 1808, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 37 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Marie-Emerentienne BELANGER was born 7 September 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Claire was 40 years old.

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)

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emerentienne BELANGER married 12 February 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada to Pierre GENDRON

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
François BELANGER died 16 April 1848, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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

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

Death — 1860
5 September 1860
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
She died at the age of 90.

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