Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD

(b. 1 March 1792 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 21 January 1860 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East )

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Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD was born 1 March 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS (maternal) François FORTIN and Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS

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

Marie-Genevieve married Francois SIMARD 24 November 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Francois SIMARD was born 22 September 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Francois died 25 October 1868 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD and Felicite CÔTÉ.

Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD died 21 January 1860 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
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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 Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD married

Francois SIMARD-- Date: 24 November 1807 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Francois SIMARD was the child of Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD and Felicite CÔTÉ

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Children of Francois SIMARD and Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD:

Barnabe SIMARD (b.22 May 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 June 1880, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine TREMBLAY 6 August 1844 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Clarisse SIMARD (b.11 December 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 June 1907, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Julien BOUCHARD 26 July 1836 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie-Dina SIMARD (b.5 September 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1880, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Moise COTE 8 October 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1792 Birth
1 March 1792
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve BOUCHARD and Francois SIMARD 24 November 1807, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Barnabe SIMARD was born 22 May 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Genevieve was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Clarisse SIMARD was born 11 December 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Genevieve was 25 years old.

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)

1825 Birth of Child
Marie-Dina SIMARD was born 5 September 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Genevieve was 33 years old.

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Clarisse SIMARD married 26 July 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Julien BOUCHARD

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Barnabe SIMARD married 6 August 1844, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Madeleine TREMBLAY

1844 Marriage of Child
Marie-Dina SIMARD married 8 October 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Moise COTE

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