Leon LECLERC

Born

Died

29 January 1888 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Leon married Ombeline BOUCHARD 30 January 1844 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ombeline BOUCHARD was born 2 July 1825 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Ombeline was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Leon LECLERC

Parents of Leon LECLERC

Father

Alexandre LECLERC

Mother

Madeleine GONTHIER

Grandparents of Leon LECLERC

Paternal grandparents

Basile LECLERC Josephte ST-PIERRE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Marc GONTHIER Madeleine GAGNE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leon LECLERC

Leon LECLERC married

Ombeline BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 30 January 1844
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Ombeline BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Leon LECLERC and Ombeline BOUCHARD

Demerise LECLERC

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theotime TREMBLAY 3 November 1863 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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

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 / Partner
Leon LECLERC and Ombeline BOUCHARD 30 January 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Demerise LECLERC married 3 November 1863, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East to Theotime TREMBLAY

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.