Damase BOUCHARD

(b. 8 September 1817 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 13 February 1899 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Damase BOUCHARD was born 8 September 1817 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Damase BOUCHARD was the child of Anselme BOUCHARD and Josephte TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Bernard BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY (maternal) Jacques TREMBLAY and Angelique PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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

Damase married Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 24 July 1844 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 28 November 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Zozime was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN.

Damase BOUCHARD died 13 February 1899 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, 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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Damase BOUCHARD married

Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE-- Date: 24 July 1844 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN

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Children of Damase BOUCHARD and Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE:

Rufine BOUCHARD (b.12 January 1848, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles TREMBLAY 28 February 1870 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Adele BOUCHARD (b.abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 August 1885, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Alfred TREMBLAY 16 August 1884 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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1817 Birth
8 September 1817
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Damase BOUCHARD and Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 24 July 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Rufine BOUCHARD was born 12 January 1848, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Damase was 30 years old.

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

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.