Flavien BOUCHARD

(b. 15 May 1805 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 21 July 1896 , Sacré-Coeur, Canada )

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Flavien BOUCHARD was born 15 May 1805 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Flavien BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD and Marie DUFOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BOUCHARD and Jeanne GAGNON (maternal) Jean-François DUFOUR and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON

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

Flavien married Angele DUMONT dite GUERET 5 March 1832 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele DUMONT dite GUERET was born 21 June 1813 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Angele died 23 July 1840 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Angele was the child of Pascal DUMONT dit GUERET and Suzanne LEVASSEUR.

Flavien BOUCHARD died 21 July 1896 in Sacré-Coeur, Canada.
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Occupation

Flavien BOUCHARD was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Flavien BOUCHARD married

Angele DUMONT dite GUERET-- Date: 5 March 1832 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Angele DUMONT dite GUERET was the child of Pascal DUMONT dit GUERET and Suzanne LEVASSEUR

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Children of Flavien BOUCHARD and Angele DUMONT dite GUERET:

Aglae BOUCHARD (b.10 May 1839, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Abraham TREMBLAY 10 January 1865 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1805 Birth
15 May 1805
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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)

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Flavien BOUCHARD and Angele DUMONT dite GUERET 5 March 1832, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 26 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Aglae BOUCHARD was born 10 May 1839, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Flavien was 34 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angele DUMONT dite GUERET died 23 July 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Aglae BOUCHARD married 10 January 1865, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Abraham 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.