flag male ancestor  Paul  LEGARE

  (b. 17 June 1801 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 23 April 1870 Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )  

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Paul LEGARE was born 17 June 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Paul LEGARE was the child of Paul LÉGARÉ   and   Dorothee-Monique DESCOT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph LEGARE and Marie-Therese CLOUTIER (maternal)  Pierre DESCOT and Dorothee PERRON

Paul LEGARE died 23 April 1870 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada .





m. Croteau Adelaide


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Did You Know? 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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birth1801 Birth
17 June 1801
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1870 Death
23 April 1870
Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 68.
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