Modeste LECLERC

(b. 8 January 1788 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1856 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Modeste LECLERC was born 8 January 1788 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Modeste LECLERC was the child of Basile LECLERC and Josephte ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LECLERC and Ursule NOEL (maternal) François ST-PIERRE and Josephte LIZOTTE

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

Modeste married Etienne DESGAGNES 12 November 1804 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Etienne DESGAGNES was born 25 December 1777 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Etienne died 10 October 1855 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Etienne was the child of Joseph DESGAGNES and Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY.

Modeste LECLERC died 24 February 1856 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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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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Modeste LECLERC married

Etienne DESGAGNES-- Date: 12 November 1804 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Etienne DESGAGNES was the child of Joseph DESGAGNES and Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

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Children of Etienne DESGAGNES and Modeste LECLERC:

Louis-Georges DESGAGNES (b.23 August 1806, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Felicite BOUCHARD 20 November 1827 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Archange DESGAGNES (b.9 July 1810, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 6 June 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Anselme-Antoine COTE 6 May 1828 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste DESGAGNES (b.15 March 1812, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1887, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre HOUDE 23 June 1829 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Denis DESGAGNES (DEGAGNE) (b.8 October 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 23 November 1887, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Francoise THIBAULT 4 November 1835 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Bernard DESGAGNES (b.26 March 1818, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 March 1895, St-Donat, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada)
m. Adeline GAGNON 7 February 1842 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES (b.4 December 1826, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1900, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )
m. Eusebe LAVOIE 19 September 1853 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1788 Birth
8 January 1788
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Modeste LECLERC and Etienne DESGAGNES 12 November 1804, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 16 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Louis-Georges DESGAGNES was born 23 August 1806, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 18 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Archange DESGAGNES was born 9 July 1810, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Modeste was 22 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Modeste DESGAGNES was born 15 March 1812, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 24 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Denis DESGAGNES (DEGAGNE) was born 8 October 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 25 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Bernard DESGAGNES was born 26 March 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 30 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES was born 4 December 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 38 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Louis-Georges DESGAGNES married 20 November 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Felicite BOUCHARD

1828 Marriage of Child
Archange DESGAGNES married 6 May 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Anselme-Antoine COTE

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

1829 Marriage of Child
Modeste DESGAGNES married 23 June 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Pierre HOUDE

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage of Child
Denis DESGAGNES (DEGAGNE) married 4 November 1835, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Francoise THIBAULT

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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Bernard DESGAGNES married 7 February 1842, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Adeline GAGNON

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)

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie-Virginie DESGAGNES married 19 September 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eusebe LAVOIE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.