Alexandre LECLERC

Born

abt. 1786 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 September 1866 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

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Basile LECLERC Josephte ST-PIERRE

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Born: abt. 1786 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Basile LECLERC

Mother: Josephte ST-PIERRE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LECLERC , Ursule NOEL

Maternal grandparents: François ST-PIERRE , Josephte LIZOTTE

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Alexandre married Madeleine GONTHIER 15 June 1806 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Madeleine GONTHIER was born 22 January 1785 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Madeleine GAGNE.

Alexandre LECLERC died 19 September 1866 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East .
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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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Madeleine GONTHIER
Marriage date: 15 June 1806
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Madeleine GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Madeleine GAGNE

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Children of Alexandre LECLERC and Madeleine GONTHIER

Charlotte LECLERC

Born: 10 November 1808, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 5 June 1873, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Julien BOUCHARD 9 January 1827 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide LECLERC

Born: 10 July 1811, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gregoire TREMBLAY 25 November 1828 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Josephe LECLERC

Born: 11 June 1815, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 August 1896, Les Escoumins, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

Married: Eloi BOUCHARD 25 May 1834 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leocadie LECLERC

Born: 13 July 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 19 May 1909, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Abraham GAUTHIER 8 November 1836 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Leon LECLERC

Born: abt. 1819, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 January 1888, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Ombeline BOUCHARD 30 January 1844 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre LECLERC and Madeleine GONTHIER 15 June 1806, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1808 Birth of Child
Charlotte LECLERC was born 10 November 1808, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1811 Birth of Child
Adelaide LECLERC was born 10 July 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1815 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LECLERC was born 11 June 1815, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Leocadie LECLERC was born 13 July 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Charlotte LECLERC married 9 January 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Julien BOUCHARD

1828 Marriage of Child
Adelaide LECLERC married 25 November 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Gregoire TREMBLAY

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LECLERC married 25 May 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Eloi BOUCHARD

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Leocadie LECLERC married 8 November 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Abraham GAUTHIER

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Leon LECLERC married 30 January 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ombeline BOUCHARD

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)