Pierre LECLERC

(b. 22 January 1723 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 January 1796 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LECLERC was born 22 January 1723 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre LECLERC was the child of Jean LECLERC and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU (maternal) Ignace GOSSELIN and Marie-Anne RATTÉ

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

Pierre married Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE 8 September 1766 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE was born 19 September 1741 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 17 May 1784 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis LAVALTRIE dit MARGANNE and Marie-Anne COUILLARD.

Pierre LECLERC died 25 January 1796 in Saint-Jean-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.

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Family and Children of Pierre LECLERC

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Pierre LECLERC married

Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE-- Date: 8 September 1766 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE was the child of Louis LAVALTRIE dit MARGANNE and Marie-Anne COUILLARD

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Children of Pierre LECLERC and Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE:

Michel LECLERC (b.7 August 1776, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 November 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Victoire PERRON 2 May 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1723 Birth
22 January 1723
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LECLERC and Marie-Louise LAVALTRIE dite MARGANNE 8 September 1766, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 43 years old.

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.