Rachelle BOUCHARD

(b. 8 November 1827 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 10 March 1869 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Rachelle BOUCHARD was born 8 November 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Rachelle BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD and Marie-Olive TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOUCHARD and Emerentienne TREMBLAY (maternal) Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU

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

Rachelle married Prudent POTVIN 10 August 1843 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prudent POTVIN was born 8 March 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Prudent died 20 September 1891 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Prudent was the child of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULT.

Rachelle BOUCHARD died 10 March 1869 in Saint-Fulgence, 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 Rachelle BOUCHARD

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Rachelle BOUCHARD married

Prudent POTVIN-- Date: 10 August 1843 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Prudent POTVIN was the child of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULT

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Children of Prudent POTVIN and Rachelle BOUCHARD:

Marie-Arthemise POTVIN (b.3 October 1844, La Baie, Canada East d. 11 June 1935, St-Gérard, Canada)
m. Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY 7 January 1862 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1827 Birth
8 November 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Rachelle BOUCHARD and Prudent POTVIN 10 August 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 15 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Marie-Arthemise POTVIN was born 3 October 1844, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Rachelle was 16 years old.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie-Arthemise POTVIN married 7 January 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Auguste (Augustin) 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.