Marie Elisabeth Auclair

Brief Life History of Marie Elisabeth

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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Family Time Line

Jean Baptiste Bédard
1756–1823
Marie Elisabeth Auclair
1759–1835
Marriage: 16 September 1782
Elisabeth Bédard
1784–1850
Jean-Baptiste Bédard
1785–1851
Jean Pierre Bedard
1786–1854
Louis Gaspard Bédard
1788–1833
Charles Bedard
1790–1801
François Bedard
1791–1792
Marie Therese Bedard
1793–
Louise Angele Bedard
1794–1816
Julie Bedard
1795–1796
Michel Bedard
1797–
Genevieve Bedard
1800–1876
Angélique Bédard
1801–1860

Sources (7)

  • Marie Elizabet Auclair, "Canada BIRTHS and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
  • Élisabeth Auclair in the Web: Québec City Area, MARRIAGE CONTRACT Index, 1761- Jean Baptiste Bedard
  • Elisabeth Auclair in the Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621 - Death & Burial

Name Meaning

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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