Catherine BOUCHER

(b. 11 September 1810 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 25 February 1870 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BOUCHER was born 11 September 1810 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Catherine BOUCHER was the child of Isaie BOUCHER and Genevieve RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume BOUCHER and Marie Anne SAVOIE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RONDEAU and Marguerite EMERY dite CODERRE

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

Catherine married Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER 12 February 1828 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre-Martin was the child of Pierre CASAUBON and Marie-Josephe BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE.

Catherine BOUCHER died 25 February 1870 in Berthierville, 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 Catherine BOUCHER

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Catherine BOUCHER married

Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER-- Date: 12 February 1828 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER was the child of Pierre CASAUBON and Marie-Josephe BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER and Catherine BOUCHER:

Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER (b.13 March 1842, Berthierville, Canada East d. 8 April 1900, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Leon LAVALLÉE 2 May 1871 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1810 Birth
11 September 1810
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOUCHER and Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER 12 February 1828, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 17 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER was born 13 March 1842, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Catherine was 31 years old.

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.

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.