Leon BOUCHARD

(b. 31 December 1798 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 28 July 1884 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Leon BOUCHARD was born 31 December 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Leon 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

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Leon married Marie BOUCHARD 26 November 1822 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie BOUCHARD was born 28 January 1807 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 23 March 1902 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of André BOUCHARD and Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY.

Leon BOUCHARD died 28 July 1884 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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Leon BOUCHARD married

Marie BOUCHARD-- Date: 26 November 1822 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Marie BOUCHARD was the child of André BOUCHARD and Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY

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Children of Leon BOUCHARD and Marie BOUCHARD:

Gedeon BOUCHARD (b.10 October 1827, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1907, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Placide BOUCHARD 11 September 1848 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Zenobie BOUCHARD (b.25 August 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Agapit TREMBLAY 10 September 1849 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1798 Birth
31 December 1798
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
Leon BOUCHARD and Marie BOUCHARD 26 November 1822, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 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)

1827 Birth of Child
Gedeon BOUCHARD was born 10 October 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leon was 28 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Zenobie BOUCHARD was born 25 August 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leon was 30 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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Gedeon BOUCHARD married 11 September 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Placide BOUCHARD

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Zenobie BOUCHARD married 10 September 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Agapit TREMBLAY

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

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.