Charlotte BOUCHER

(b. 6 February 1791 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 2 July 1884 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Charlotte BOUCHER was born 6 February 1791 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Charlotte BOUCHER was the child of Paul-Hilaire BOUCHER and Angelique MERCURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BOUCHER and Genevieve MICHAUD (maternal) Louis-Joseph MERCURE and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER

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

Charlotte married André GAGNON 8 January 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
André GAGNON was born 28 August 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). André died 16 October 1842 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). André was the child of Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine OUELLET.

Charlotte BOUCHER died 2 July 1884 in Kamouraska, 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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Family and Children of Charlotte BOUCHER

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Charlotte BOUCHER married

André GAGNON-- Date: 8 January 1810 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
André GAGNON was the child of Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine OUELLET

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Children of André GAGNON and Charlotte BOUCHER:

Charlotte GAGNON (b.11 October 1810, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marcel DUMAIS 14 February 1831 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Virginie GAGNON (b.20 April 1834, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 2 May 1917, St-Germain, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. François-Xavier ROY dit DESJARDINS 23 February 1857 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1791 Birth
6 February 1791
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte BOUCHER and André GAGNON 8 January 1810, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 18 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Charlotte GAGNON was born 11 October 1810, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Charlotte was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GAGNON married 14 February 1831, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marcel DUMAIS

1834 Birth of Child
Virginie GAGNON was born 20 April 1834, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Charlotte was 43 years old.

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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
André GAGNON died 16 October 1842, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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 of Child
Virginie GAGNON married 23 February 1857, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to François-Xavier ROY dit DESJARDINS

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.