Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

(b. abt. 1787 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 November 1873 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Judith BACHELET dite CASSISTA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BOUCHER and Marguerite CHORET (maternal) Pierre-Joseph BACHELET dit CASSISTA and Genevieve SOUCY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Ursule FOURNIER 7 January 1812 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule FOURNIER was born 19 February 1791 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Ursule died 23 May 1866 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Ursule was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Brigitte BOURGELAS.

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER died 22 November 1873 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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Sip your morning coffee in style with the Boucher Heritage Mug, a tribute to the rich legacy of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet, pioneers who embarked on a journey to New France from Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, France in 1630s.

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 Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER married

Ursule FOURNIER-- Date: 7 January 1812 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Ursule FOURNIER was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Brigitte BOURGELAS

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Ursule FOURNIER:

Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 November 1878, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Felix DUFAULT 5 July 1848 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Ursule FOURNIER 7 January 1812, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER married 5 July 1848, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada to Felix DUFAULT

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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule FOURNIER died 23 May 1866, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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.