Charlotte LECLERC

(b. 10 November 1808 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 5 June 1873 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Charlotte LECLERC was born 10 November 1808 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Charlotte LECLERC was the child of Alexandre LECLERC and Madeleine GONTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile LECLERC and Josephte ST-PIERRE (maternal) Jean-Marc GONTHIER and Madeleine GAGNE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Charlotte married Julien BOUCHARD 9 January 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Julien BOUCHARD was born 1 September 1799 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Julien died 16 April 1887 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Julien was the child of Didace-Martin BOUCHARD and Madeleine PERRON.

Charlotte LECLERC died 5 June 1873 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Family and Children of Charlotte LECLERC

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Charlotte LECLERC married

Julien BOUCHARD-- Date: 9 January 1827 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Julien BOUCHARD was the child of Didace-Martin BOUCHARD and Madeleine PERRON

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Children of Julien BOUCHARD and Charlotte LECLERC:

Obeline BOUCHARD (b.9 November 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 20 April 1872, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre TREMBLAY 16 July 1850 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Hermenegilde BOUCHARD (b.9 September 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Eleonore GAUTHIER 11 February 1862 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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1808 Birth
10 November 1808
Les Éboulements, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LECLERC and Julien BOUCHARD 9 January 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 18 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Obeline BOUCHARD was born 9 November 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Charlotte was 22 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

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
Hermenegilde BOUCHARD was born 9 September 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Charlotte was 32 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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Obeline BOUCHARD married 16 July 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Pierre TREMBLAY

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 Marriage of Child
Hermenegilde BOUCHARD married 11 February 1862, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Eleonore GAUTHIER

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.