François AUCLAIR

Born

July 28 1798 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

February 1 1868 , Bonsecours, Québec, Canada

Age: 69

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Jean Étienne "Etienne II" AUCLAIR Angélique GABORIAU dite LAPALME

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Born: July 28 1798 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Étienne "Etienne II" AUCLAIR

Mother: Angélique GABORIAU dite LAPALME

Paternal grandparents: Etienne AUCLAIR , Marguerite MAROIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GABORIAULT dit LAPALME , Françoise LEBEAU

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François married Françoise BERTRAND 26 January 1818 in Granby, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BERTRAND was born June 25 1798 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Françoise died 24 June 1871 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Françoise was the child of Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU.

François AUCLAIR died February 1 1868 in Bonsecours, Québec, Canada .

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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.

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François AUCLAIR married

Françoise BERTRAND
Marriage date: 26 January 1818
Marriage place: Granby, Lower Canada
Françoise BERTRAND was the child of Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU

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Children of François AUCLAIR and Françoise BERTRAND

Isaie AUCLAIR

Born: October 17 1841, Saint-Césaire, Canada East
Died: March 4 1924, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada

Married: Lucie TÈTREAU dite DUCHARME

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Birth — 1798
July 28 1798
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
François AUCLAIR and Françoise BERTRAND 26 January 1818, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

He was 19 years old.

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 - 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

1841 Birth of Child
Isaie AUCLAIR was born October 17 1841, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 43 years old.

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)

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

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.