Ambroise LECLERC

(b. 20 March 1772 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 July 1822 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise LECLERC was born 20 March 1772 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Ambroise LECLERC was the child of Ambroise LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ambroise LECLERC and Geneviève HUPPE (maternal) Joseph CÔTÉ and Marie PARADIS

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

Ambroise married Felicite BISIN 26 January 1801 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BISIN was born 4 April 1784 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Felicite was the child of Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN and Louise FORTON.

Ambroise LECLERC died 15 July 1822 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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
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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Ambroise LECLERC married

Felicite BISIN-- Date: 26 January 1801 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Felicite BISIN was the child of Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) dit BISIN and Louise FORTON

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Children of Ambroise LECLERC and Felicite BISIN:

Felicite LECLERC (b.abt. 1803, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Benoni BOUCHER 10 February 1824 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1772 Birth
20 March 1772
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise LECLERC and Felicite BISIN 26 January 1801, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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