Marie-Josephte BOUCHER

(b. 28 March 1771 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 August 1852 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )

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Marie-Josephte BOUCHER was born 28 March 1771 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte BOUCHER was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUCHER and Louise-Geneviève LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe BOUCHER and Marie DIONNE (maternal) Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph JOLY 28 January 1799 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph JOLY was born 19 July 1777 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph was the child of Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC and Angélique GOULET.

Marie-Josephte BOUCHER died 28 August 1852 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Marie-Josephte BOUCHER married

Joseph JOLY-- Date: 28 January 1799 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Joseph JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC and Angélique GOULET

Children of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Josephte BOUCHER:

Julie JOLY (b.7 December 1799, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 28 November 1871, St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada)
m. Maxime ROBITAILLE 21 October 1824 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1771 Birth
28 March 1771
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BOUCHER and Joseph JOLY 28 January 1799, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 27 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Julie JOLY was born 7 December 1799, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Josephte was 28 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Julie JOLY married 21 October 1824, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Maxime ROBITAILLE

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)