Joseph-Leandre MENARD

Born

21 July 1812 , Montréal, Lower Canada

Died

12 June 1882 , Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada

Joseph-Leandre married Marguerite CHARBONNEAU 26 September 1836 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada .
Marguerite CHARBONNEAU was born 9 February 1818 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 3 February 1838 in St-Hermas, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Anne PLINGUET .

Joseph-Leandre married Marguerite LABROSSE 4 February 1839 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite LABROSSE was born 10 July 1822 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada. Marguerite died 24 October 1889 in Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LABROSSE and Josephte FILION .

Parents & Family of Joseph-Leandre MENARD

Parents of Joseph-Leandre MENARD

Father

Pierre MENARD

Mother

Marie-Charlotte CHARTRAND

Grandparents of Joseph-Leandre MENARD

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Francois MENARD Angélique-Amable ROSE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Armand CHARTRAND Geneviève PARÉ

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Leandre MENARD

Joseph-Leandre MENARD married

Marguerite CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: 26 September 1836
Marriage place: Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Marguerite CHARBONNEAU was the child of Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Anne PLINGUET

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Children of Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite CHARBONNEAU

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Joseph-Leandre MENARD married

Marguerite LABROSSE
Marriage date: 4 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite LABROSSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LABROSSE and Josephte FILION

Marriage notes:

Name: Joseph Leandre Menard

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 1839

[4 Feb 1839]

Marriage Place: St-Hermas, Québec (Quebec)

Spouse: Marguerite Labrosse

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

Children of Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite LABROSSE

Leandre MENARD

Born: 2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Melina MENARD

Born: 12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East
Died: ,

Sophie MENARD

Born: 14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East
Died: 20 November 1900, Nahma, Delta Co., Michigan, USA

Married: Thomas GROLEAU 26 July 1870 Place: Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada

Delima MENARD

Born: 29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Canada West
Died: ,

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Birth — 1812
21 July 1812
Montréal, Lower Canada

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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite CHARBONNEAU 26 September 1836, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite CHARBONNEAU died 3 February 1838, St-Hermas, Quebec, Canada

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite LABROSSE 4 February 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Leandre MENARD was born 2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Leandre was 27 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Melina MENARD was born 12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Leandre was 33 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Sophie MENARD was born 14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Leandre was 37 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

1862 Birth of Child
Delima MENARD was born 29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland)

Joseph-Leandre was 49 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage of Child
Sophie MENARD married 26 July 1870, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada to Thomas GROLEAU

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Death

Name: Leandre Menard
Gender: Male
Death Age: 71
Event Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1811
Death Date: abt 1882
Burial Date: 14 Jun 1882
Burial Place: Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada
Spouse: Marguerite Labrosse

Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

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