Louis BOUCHER

(b. 14 March 1830 , Henryville, Lower Canada d. 21 November 1871 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Louis BOUCHER was born 14 March 1830 in Henryville, Lower Canada

Louis BOUCHER was the child of Alexandre BOUCHER and Desanges HOULE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BOUCHER and Marguerite BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS (maternal) Jean-Louis HOULE and Agnes GRANGER

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Louis married Mathilde LANOUE 23 February 1857 in Henryville, Canada East . Mathilde LANOUE was born 26 September 1835 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Medard LANOUE and Ursule PHANEUF.

Louis BOUCHER died 21 November 1871 in Napierville, 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.

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Louis BOUCHER married

Mathilde LANOUE-- Date: 23 February 1857 Place: Henryville, Canada East
Mathilde LANOUE was the child of Medard LANOUE and Ursule PHANEUF

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1830 Birth
14 March 1830
Henryville, Lower Canada

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

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.

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOUCHER and Mathilde LANOUE 23 February 1857, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

He was 26 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.