Louis AUCLAIR

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13 April 1727 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

21 September 1812 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Louis AUCLAIR Thérèse-Elisabeth ROY

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Born: 13 April 1727 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Louis AUCLAIR

Mother: Thérèse-Elisabeth ROY

Paternal grandparents: Andre AUCLAIR , Marie BEDARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean ROY dit AUDY , Marie-Thérèse JOBIN

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Louis married Genevieve MOREL 10 February 1749 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve MOREL was born 23 July 1728 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Genevieve died 22 April 1799 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Jean MOREL and Marguerite GARIEPY.

Louis AUCLAIR died 21 September 1812 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Genevieve MOREL
Marriage date: 10 February 1749
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Genevieve MOREL was the child of Jean MOREL and Marguerite GARIEPY

Children of Louis AUCLAIR and Genevieve MOREL

Pelagie AUCLAIR

Born: 6 April 1769, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 June 1856, Sainte-Ursule, Canada

Married: Antoine BRÛLÉ 7 January 1788 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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Birth — 1727
13 April 1727
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis AUCLAIR and Genevieve MOREL 10 February 1749, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 21 years old.

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

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.

1769 Birth of Child
Pelagie AUCLAIR was born 6 April 1769, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Louis was 42 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Pelagie AUCLAIR married 7 January 1788, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice) to Antoine BRÛLÉ

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)