Madeleine LECLERC

(b. 14 January 1710 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1781 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine LECLERC was born 14 January 1710 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Madeleine LECLERC was the child of Adrien LECLERC and Geneviève PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie BLANQUET dite LA FOUGERE (maternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR

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Madeleine married Joseph GOSSELIN 17 November 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOSSELIN was born 19 March 1698 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Michel GOSSELIN and Marie-Michelle MIVILLE dite DESCHENES.

Madeleine LECLERC died 4 April 1781 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine LECLERC married

Joseph GOSSELIN-- Date: 17 November 1732 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Joseph GOSSELIN was the child of Michel GOSSELIN and Marie-Michelle MIVILLE dite DESCHENES

Children of Joseph GOSSELIN and Madeleine LECLERC:

Louis GOSSELIN (b.15 February 1741, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1801, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine BEAUDOIN 7 November 1763 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1710 Birth
14 January 1710
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine LECLERC and Joseph GOSSELIN 17 November 1732, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Louis GOSSELIN was born 15 February 1741, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 31 years old.

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Louis GOSSELIN married 7 November 1763, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Madeleine BEAUDOIN

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.