Cléophas LECLAIR

(b. 12 September 1849 , Verchères, Canada East d. 12 May 1917 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Cléophas LECLAIR was born 12 September 1849 in Verchères, Canada East

Cléophas LECLAIR was the child of Gregoire LECLERC and Henriette ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LECLERC and Marie-Desanges LAVOIE (maternal) Guillaume ROUSSEAU and Adele GAUTHIER

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

Cléophas married Amanda FERE 23 June 1869 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada . Amanda FERE was born January 1852 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Amanda died 12 December 1869 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada.

Cléophas married (2) Odile GUYON 6 June 1870 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Odile GUYON was born 28 May 1848 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Odile died 12 January 1924 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Odile was the child of Joseph GUYON and Louise CHAGNON.

Cléophas LECLAIR died 12 May 1917 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Cléophas LECLAIR was a grocer.

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.

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Cléophas LECLAIR married

Amanda FERE-- Date: 23 June 1869 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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Children of Cléophas LECLAIR and Amanda FERE:

Cléophas LECLAIR married

Odile GUYON-- Date: 6 June 1870 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada
Odile GUYON was the child of Joseph GUYON and Louise CHAGNON

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Children of Cléophas LECLAIR and Odile GUYON:

Arthur-Louis-Cleophas LECLAIR (b.10 March 1871, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 November 1947, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Georgianna BRISSON 8 January 1894 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Edgar LECLAIR (b.abt. 1873, , Québec Province, Canada d. May 1943, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Maria LECLAIR (b.20 September 1877, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 December 1919, , Québec Province, Canada )

Amanda LECLAIR (b.12 September 1879, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Ernest LECLAIR (b.March 1881, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Eva LECLAIR (b.13 January 1884, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Gregoire LECLAIR (b.17 August 1885, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Eugene LECLAIR (b.17 August 1885, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Philippe LECLAIR (b.26 May 1890, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1849 Birth
12 September 1849
Verchères, Canada East

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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Cléophas LECLAIR and Amanda FERE 23 June 1869, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amanda FERE died 12 December 1869, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

1870 Marriage / Partner
Cléophas LECLAIR and Odile GUYON 6 June 1870, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Arthur-Louis-Cleophas LECLAIR was born 10 March 1871, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 21 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Maria LECLAIR was born 20 September 1877, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 28 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Amanda LECLAIR was born 12 September 1879, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 30 years old.

1881 Birth of Child
Ernest LECLAIR was born March 1881, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 31 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Eva LECLAIR was born 13 January 1884, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 34 years old.

1885 Birth of Child
Eugene LECLAIR was born 17 August 1885, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 35 years old.

1885 Birth of Child
Gregoire LECLAIR was born 17 August 1885, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 35 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Birth of Child
Philippe LECLAIR was born 26 May 1890, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Cléophas was 40 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Marriage of Child
Arthur-Louis-Cleophas LECLAIR married 8 January 1894, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada to Georgianna BRISSON

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1917 Death
12 May 1917
Montréal, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 67.