When Marie Elisabeth Auclair was born on 5 December 1759, in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, her father, Germain Auclair, was 44 and her mother, Marie Angelique Marois, was 35. She married Jean Baptiste Bédard on 16 September 1782, in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 30 July 1835, in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Raoul, Andre, Fernand, Ovila, Alphonse, Cecile, Gaston, Germaine, Jacques, Jean-Paul.
French: patronymic from Clair , from (fils) au Clair ‘(son) of Clair’. Compare Leclerc 2 and Oclair .
History: Pierre and André Auclair, two brothers from Saint-Vivien near La Rochelle in France, are recorded in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1679 and 1681, respectively, the years of their marriage. The descendants of one or another brother also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Leclerc, Oclair, and O'Clair.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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