Joseph BOUCHARD

(b. 5 October 1797 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 24 February 1877 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph BOUCHARD was born 5 October 1797 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Joseph BOUCHARD was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Françoise FORTIN (maternal) Louis-Andre TREMBLAY and Judith DUFOUR

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

Joseph married Claire GAGNON 27 August 1822 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claire GAGNON was born 11 August 1799 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Claire died 30 June 1874 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Claire was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY.

Joseph BOUCHARD died 24 February 1877 in Les Éboulements, 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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Joseph BOUCHARD married

Claire GAGNON-- Date: 27 August 1822 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Claire GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY

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Children of Joseph BOUCHARD and Claire GAGNON:

Etienne BOUCHARD (b.2 July 1826, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1895, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Monique SAVARD 20 January 1851 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1921, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Eloise-Louise GAUDREAU 18 August 1856 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leocadie BOUCHARD (b.10 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 November 1865, Saint-Hilarion, Canada East )
m. Pierre TREMBLAY 9 September 1850 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1797 Birth
5 October 1797
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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
Joseph BOUCHARD and Claire GAGNON 27 August 1822, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD was born 2 July 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD was born 10 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 32 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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Marriage of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD married 9 September 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Pierre TREMBLAY

1851 Marriage of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD married 20 January 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Monique SAVARD

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUCHARD married 18 August 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eloise-Louise GAUDREAU

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)

1865 Death of Child
Leocadie BOUCHARD died 15 November 1865, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Joseph was 68 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.