Catherine VAILLANCOURT

(b. abt. 1712 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 May 1799 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Catherine VAILLANCOURT was born abt. 1712 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine VAILLANCOURT was the child of Joseph VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Charlotte MULOIN (MULOUIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Françoise-Madeleine GOBEIL (maternal) Jean MULOUIN and Marguerite FORGET

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Catherine married Pierre-Prisque LECLERC 13 July 1733 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Pierre-Prisque LECLERC was born 20 October 1709 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Pierre-Prisque died 31 May 1784 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Pierre-Prisque was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Marguerite BEAUCHAMP.

Catherine VAILLANCOURT died 24 May 1799 in Lachenaie, 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.

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Catherine VAILLANCOURT married

Pierre-Prisque LECLERC-- Date: 13 July 1733 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
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Pierre-Prisque LECLERC was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Marguerite BEAUCHAMP

Children of Pierre-Prisque LECLERC and Catherine VAILLANCOURT:

Catherine LECLERC (b.5 May 1734, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1807, Mascouche, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC (b.8 August 1735, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1791, Mascouche, Lower Canada )

Hyacinthe LECLERC (b.2 April 1737, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1821, Mascouche, Lower Canada )

Therese LECLERC (b.27 September 1738, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1816, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine ARCHAMBAULT 9 June 1760 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

François LECLERC (b.13 April 1741, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe CHARBONNEAU 7 January 1765 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Pierre LECLERC (b.17 March 1743, Laval, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1825, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Charlotte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 16 November 1761 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)
m. Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE 15 September 1800 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Joseph LECLERC (b.17 June 1746, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1807, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

Marie-Charlotte LECLERC (b.abt. 1748, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 March 1814, Montréal, Lower Canada )

Jacques LECLERC (b.15 September 1750, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1827, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU 24 November 1777 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Catherine VAILLANCOURT and Pierre-Prisque LECLERC 13 July 1733 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1734 Birth of Child
Catherine LECLERC was born 5 May 1734, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1735 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born 8 August 1735, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1737 Birth of Child
Hyacinthe LECLERC was born 2 April 1737, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1738 Birth of Child
Therese LECLERC was born 27 September 1738, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1741 Birth of Child
François LECLERC was born 13 April 1741, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1743 Birth of Child
Pierre LECLERC was born 17 March 1743, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1746 Birth of Child
Joseph LECLERC was born 17 June 1746, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1750 Birth of Child
Jacques LECLERC was born 15 September 1750, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Therese LECLERC married 9 June 1760 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Antoine ARCHAMBAULT

1761 Marriage of Child
Pierre LECLERC married 16 November 1761, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Marie-Charlotte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
François LECLERC married 7 January 1765 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Marie-Josephe CHARBONNEAU

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Jacques LECLERC married 24 November 1777 , Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) to Geneviève-Françoise MATHIEU

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)