Godefroy BOUCHARD

(b. 7 February 1787 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 December 1876 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Godefroy BOUCHARD was born 7 February 1787 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Godefroy BOUCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD and Ursule GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

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Godefroy married Marie-Josephte SIMARD 5 July 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte SIMARD was born 4 May 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Josephte died 22 February 1877 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis-Henri SIMARD and Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER.

Godefroy BOUCHARD died 3 December 1876 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Godefroy BOUCHARD married

Marie-Josephte SIMARD-- Date: 5 July 1819 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Marie-Josephte SIMARD was the child of Louis-Henri SIMARD and Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER

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Children of Godefroy BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte SIMARD:

Josephine BOUCHARD (b.5 July 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Elie-Elisee TREMBLAY 7 October 1862 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louise BOUCHARD (b.20 March 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Georges TREMBLAY 22 November 1864 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1787 Birth
7 February 1787
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Godefroy BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte SIMARD 5 July 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 32 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Josephine BOUCHARD was born 5 July 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Godefroy was 33 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Louise BOUCHARD was born 20 March 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Godefroy was 48 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

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Josephine BOUCHARD married 7 October 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Elie-Elisee TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Louise BOUCHARD married 22 November 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Georges TREMBLAY

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.