Thecle LECLERC

(b. 20 December 1798 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 10 July 1868 , St-Fidèle, Canada )

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Thecle LECLERC was born 20 December 1798 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Thecle LECLERC was the child of Joseph LECLERC and Elisabeth-Cecile DESGAGNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile LECLERC and Josephte ST-PIERRE (maternal) Joseph DESGAGNES and Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

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

Thecle married Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD 2 August 1819 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD was born 12 August 1796 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Jean-Adrien died 27 June 1860 in St-Fidèle, Canada. Jean-Adrien was the child of Jacques BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe OUELLET.

Thecle LECLERC died 10 July 1868 in St-Fidèle, 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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Thecle LECLERC married

Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 August 1819 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD was the child of Jacques BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe OUELLET

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Children of Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD and Thecle LECLERC:

Zoe BOUCHARD (b.4 February 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1859, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Francois TREMBLAY 15 February 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Adelaide BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1823, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adolphe BILODEAU 8 February 1848 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Philomene BOUCHARD (b.20 March 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 31 December 1902, St-Siméon, Canada)
m. Louis-Ferdinand TREMBLAY 25 November 1862

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1798 Birth
20 December 1798
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Thecle LECLERC and Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD 2 August 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 20 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Zoe BOUCHARD was born 4 February 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Thecle was 22 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene BOUCHARD was born 20 March 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thecle was 39 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Marriage of Child
Zoe BOUCHARD married 15 February 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Francois TREMBLAY

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Adelaide BOUCHARD married 8 February 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adolphe BILODEAU

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1859 Death of Child
Zoe BOUCHARD died 21 February 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thecle was 60 years old.

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Adrien BOUCHARD died 27 June 1860, St-Fidèle, Canada

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.