Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER

(b. 15 February 1801 , Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 22 September 1869 , St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada )

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Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER was born 15 February 1801 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER was the child of Pierre BOUCHER and Catherine PERRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Marguerite QUIRION (maternal) Jacques PERRAS and Elisabeth ANGERS

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

Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite married Euphrosine PLANTE 3 September 1822 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine PLANTE was born abt. 1794 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Euphrosine died 21 March 1861 in St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada. Euphrosine was the child of Jean PLANTE and Helene LESSARD.

Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER died 22 September 1869 in St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER married

Euphrosine PLANTE-- Date: 3 September 1822 Place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Euphrosine PLANTE was the child of Jean PLANTE and Helene LESSARD

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Children of Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER and Euphrosine PLANTE:

Marcelline BOUCHER (b.18 June 1829, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 5 June 1911, St-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada)
m. Benoni TOULOUSE 13 July 1847 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1801 Birth
15 February 1801
Beauceville, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite BOUCHER and Euphrosine PLANTE 3 September 1822, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Marcelline BOUCHER was born 18 June 1829, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Pierre-Hippolyte-Jovite was 28 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Marcelline BOUCHER married 13 July 1847, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Benoni TOULOUSE

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Euphrosine PLANTE died 21 March 1861, St-Victor-de-Tring, Canada

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.