Joseph BOUCHER

(b. 03 March 1817 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 23 November 1875 , Iberville, Québec, Canada )
Age: 58

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Joseph BOUCHER was born 03 March 1817 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Joseph BOUCHER was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Catherine MONTY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOUCHER and Marie-Anne LAREAU (maternal) Clement MONTY and Marie-Louise LEDOUX

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

Joseph married Rosalie TETREAULT 26 February 1838 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie TETREAULT was born 25 July 1819 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Rosalie died 29 December 1906 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT and Julie GUERTIN.

Joseph BOUCHER died 23 November 1875 in Iberville, 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.

Occupation

Joseph 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

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph BOUCHER married

Rosalie TETREAULT-- Date: 26 February 1838 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Rosalie TETREAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT and Julie GUERTIN

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Children of Joseph BOUCHER and Rosalie TETREAULT:

Isaie BOUCHER (b.13 August 1856, Iberville, Canada East d. 03 April 1914, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Rosalie DION 23 September 1879 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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1817 Birth
03 March 1817
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUCHER and Rosalie TETREAULT 26 February 1838, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 21 years old.

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)

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Isaie BOUCHER was born 13 August 1856, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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.