Laurent LECLERC

(b. 29 April 1742 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1811 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Laurent LECLERC was born 29 April 1742 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Laurent LECLERC was the child of Joseph LECLERC and Ursule NOEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU (maternal) Ignace NOEL and Marie-Anne HUARD

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

Laurent married Marie-Josephe SAMSON 15 October 1764 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe SAMSON was born 9 July 1747 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marie-Josephe died 6 September 1822 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe was the child of Louis SAMSON and Catherine BOURASSA.

Laurent LECLERC died 15 October 1811 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Laurent LECLERC was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Laurent LECLERC married

Marie-Josephe SAMSON-- Date: 15 October 1764 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe SAMSON was the child of Louis SAMSON and Catherine BOURASSA

Children of Laurent LECLERC and Marie-Josephe SAMSON:

Apolline LECLERC (b.15 April 1775, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 April 1846, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Antoine THERIAULT 11 October 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
29 April 1742
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Laurent LECLERC and Marie-Josephe SAMSON 15 October 1764, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 22 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Apolline LECLERC was born 15 April 1775, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Laurent was 32 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.