Brief Life History of Joseph Phileas
When Joseph Phileas Auclair was born on 8 December 1873, in Quebec, Canada, his father, JEAN Auclair, was 39 and his mother, Marie Camille Rouillard, was 30. He married Marie Anne Auger on 26 May 1903. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1887 and lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1926 and Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1930. He died on 6 December 1952, in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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- Joseph Oucloer in household of Joseph Oucloer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joseph Auclair in entry for Raymond Auclair, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
- Joseph E Auclair, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
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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