Catherine BOUCHARD

(b. 13 July 1783 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 October 1868 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BOUCHARD was born 13 July 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine BOUCHARD was the child of Victor-Samson BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD and Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY (maternal) Michel TREMBLAY and Rosalie PERRON

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

Catherine married Joseph BOIVIN 22 September 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph BOIVIN was born 21 September 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph died 7 December 1861 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Joseph was the child of Jean BOIVIN and Angélique CÔTÉ.

Catherine BOUCHARD died 21 October 1868 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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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Catherine BOUCHARD married

Joseph BOIVIN-- Date: 22 September 1800 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Joseph BOIVIN was the child of Jean BOIVIN and Angélique CÔTÉ

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Children of Joseph BOIVIN and Catherine BOUCHARD:

Therese BOIVIN (b.30 January 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 13 April 1864, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East)
m. Ignace THERRIEN 28 October 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Angelique BOIVIN (b.9 November 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 9 May 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Jules TREMBLAY 25 February 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1783 Birth
13 July 1783
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOUCHARD and Joseph BOIVIN 22 September 1800, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Therese BOIVIN was born 30 January 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Catherine was 27 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique BOIVIN was born 9 November 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Catherine was 39 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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Therese BOIVIN married 28 October 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Ignace THERRIEN

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique BOIVIN married 25 February 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jules TREMBLAY

1840 Death of Child
Marie-Angelique BOIVIN died 9 May 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Catherine was 56 years old.

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.

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
Joseph BOIVIN died 7 December 1861, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Therese BOIVIN died 13 April 1864, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 80 years old.

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.