Elisabeth TURGEON

(b. 15 August 1712 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1784 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Elisabeth TURGEON was born 15 August 1712 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Elisabeth TURGEON was the child of Jacques TURGEON and Marie JEAN dite VIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles TURGEON and Pasquière LEFEBVRE (maternal) Vivien JEAN and Elisabeth DROUET

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Elisabeth married Jacques LECLERC 20 November 1730 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Jacques LECLERC was born 14 January 1702 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jacques died 15 May 1778 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU.

Elisabeth TURGEON died 28 January 1784 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Elisabeth TURGEON married

Jacques LECLERC-- Date: 20 November 1730 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Jacques LECLERC was the child of Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU

Children of Jacques LECLERC and Elisabeth TURGEON:

Jacques LECLERC (LECLAIR) (b.14 February 1733, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 29 November 1801, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve DUSSAULT 10 April 1758 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1712 Birth
15 August 1712
Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth TURGEON and Jacques LECLERC 20 November 1730, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

She was 18 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Jacques LECLERC (LECLAIR) was born 14 February 1733, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 20 years old.

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Jacques LECLERC (LECLAIR) married 10 April 1758, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Genevieve DUSSAULT

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.