Francois
BOUCHARD
(b.
17 May 1831
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
d.
28 November 1887
,
Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
)
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Francois BOUCHARD was born 17 May 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Francois 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 ROUSSEAUFrancois BOUCHARD died 28 November 1887 in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Francois BOUCHARD was a Meunier, navigateur.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
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Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude
Francois BOUCHARD was a Meunier, navigateur.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca
Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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1831 Birth 17 May 1831
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1887 Death 28 November 1887
Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 56.
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