Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

(b. 15 May 1732 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 2 September 1802 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER was born 15 May 1732 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER was the child of Jean BOUCHER and Madeleine LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe BOUCHER and Marie-Anne MIGNIER (maternal) Jean LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Claire RICHARD 17 November 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Claire RICHARD was born 7 April 1727 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Claire was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE.

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER died 2 September 1802 in L'Acadie, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER married

Marie-Claire RICHARD-- Date: 17 November 1756 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Claire RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Marie-Claire RICHARD:

Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER (b.10 June 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charles GADOIS 23 October 1774 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Josephte BOUCHER (b.23 November 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charles PATENAUDE 1779 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1732 Birth
15 May 1732
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Marie-Claire RICHARD 17 November 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 24 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER was born 10 June 1757, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Josephte BOUCHER was born 23 November 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER married 23 October 1774, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Charles GADOIS

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.