Antoine
LECLERC
Born
4 February 1778
,
Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
4 May 1858
,
Contrecœur, Canada East
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Antoine LECLERC married Marguerite PICHET
Marriage date: 10 January 1803
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marguerite PICHETMarriage date: 10 January 1803
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Antoine LECLERC and Marguerite PICHET
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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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Birth — 17784 February 1778
Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1803 Marriage / PartnerAntoine LECLERC and Marguerite PICHET 10 January 1803, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
He was 24 years old.
1809 Birth of ChildMarie LECLAIRE (LECLERC) was born 5 November 1809, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Antoine was 31 years old.
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 England1829 Marriage of ChildMarie LECLAIRE (LECLERC) married 20 January 1829, Contrecœur, Lower Canada to André AUGER
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1849 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarguerite PICHET died 25 October 1849, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 18584 May 1858
Contrecœur, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.
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