Sylvain BOUCHARD

(b. 24 April 1805 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 8 April 1878 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Sylvain BOUCHARD was born 24 April 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Sylvain BOUCHARD was the child of Jean BOUCHARD and Françoise TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie-Geneviève GRENON (maternal) Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

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

Sylvain married Francoise PERRON 9 August 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise PERRON was born 11 May 1813 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Francoise died 5 May 1887 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Francoise was the child of André PERRON and Françoise TREMBLAY.

Sylvain BOUCHARD died 8 April 1878 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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Family and Children of Sylvain BOUCHARD

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Sylvain BOUCHARD married

Francoise PERRON-- Date: 9 August 1831 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Francoise PERRON was the child of André PERRON and Françoise TREMBLAY

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Children of Sylvain BOUCHARD and Francoise PERRON:

Emilie BOUCHARD (b.25 November 1838, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Arsene TREMBLAY 10 February 1863 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1805 Birth
24 April 1805
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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Sylvain BOUCHARD and Francoise PERRON 9 August 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Emilie BOUCHARD was born 25 November 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Sylvain was 33 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.

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Emilie BOUCHARD married 10 February 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Arsene TREMBLAY

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.