Francois LECLERC

(b. 12 December 1730 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1815 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Francois LECLERC was born 12 December 1730 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Francois 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

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Francois married Marguerite BOUCHARD 8 October 1764 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite BOUCHARD was born 11 May 1720 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite died 9 August 1799 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marguerite was the child of Antoine BOUCHARD and Madeleine SIMARD.

Francois LECLERC died 22 October 1815 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.

m. Bouchard Marguerite

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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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Marguerite BOUCHARD-- Date: 8 October 1764 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BOUCHARD was the child of Antoine BOUCHARD and Madeleine SIMARD

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1730 Birth
12 December 1730
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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Francois LECLERC and Marguerite BOUCHARD 8 October 1764, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 33 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.