Joseph BOUCHARD

(b. 25 December 1738 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1810 , Deschambault, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BOUCHARD was born 25 December 1738 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Madeleine FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BOUCHARD and Marie-Françoise LIZOTTE (maternal) Pierre FORTIN and Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Josephe OUELLET 2 February 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe OUELLET was born 20 November 1740 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 6 September 1826 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jacques OUELLET and Marie-Josephte ST-PIERRE.

Joseph BOUCHARD died 21 May 1810 in Deschambault, Lower 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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Joseph BOUCHARD married

Marie-Josephe OUELLET-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada
Marie-Josephe OUELLET was the child of Jacques OUELLET and Marie-Josephte ST-PIERRE

Children of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe OUELLET:

Alexandre BOUCHARD (b.29 October 1775, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1840, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte PAQUIN 11 January 1803 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1738 Birth
25 December 1738
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe OUELLET 2 February 1761, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.

1775 Birth of Child
Alexandre BOUCHARD was born 29 October 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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.