Agnes BOUCHARD

(b. 8 August 1815 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 14 March 1878 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Agnes BOUCHARD was born 8 August 1815 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Agnes BOUCHARD was the child of André BOUCHARD and Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Godefroy BOUCHARD and Charlotte TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Ursule TREMBLAY

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

Agnes married Francois POTVIN 9 February 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois POTVIN was born 4 October 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Francois died 19 November 1891 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Francois was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT.

Agnes BOUCHARD died 14 March 1878 in Chicoutimi, 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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Agnes BOUCHARD married

Francois POTVIN-- Date: 9 February 1841 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Francois POTVIN was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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Children of Francois POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD:

Cedulie POTVIN (b.29 December 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 3 March 1928, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre TREMBLAY 30 June 1874 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1815 Birth
8 August 1815
Les Éboulements, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Agnes BOUCHARD and Francois POTVIN 9 February 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 25 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Cedulie POTVIN was born 29 December 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Agnes 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.