flag female ancestor  Luce  DRAPEAU

  (b. 26 July 1832 Rimouski, Lower Canada   d. 2 June 1889 Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )  

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Luce DRAPEAU was born 26 July 1832 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Luce DRAPEAU was the child of Charles DRAPEAU   and   Celeste PARENT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DRAPEAU and Geneviève LANGLOIS (maternal)  Jacques PARENT and Marie-Desiree RUEST (RUAIS)

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Luce  married  Nicolas BOUCHARD 14 May 1849 in Rimouski, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas BOUCHARD  was born 10 November 1804 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).  Nicolas died 3 January 1858 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).  Nicolas was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Angélique DUBE.

Luce DRAPEAU died 2 June 1889 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Luce DRAPEAU married flag male ancestor Nicolas BOUCHARD-- Date: 14 May 1849 Place: Rimouski, Canada East
Nicolas BOUCHARD was the child of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Angélique DUBE




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birth1832 Birth
26 July 1832
Rimouski, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1849 Marriage / Partner
Luce DRAPEAU and Nicolas BOUCHARD 14 May 1849, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 16 years old.
1850 Birth of Child
Marie Flore BOUCHARD was born 5 November 1850, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Luce was 18 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nicolas BOUCHARD died 3 January 1858, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1869 Marriage of Child
Marie Flore BOUCHARD married 21 October 1869, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Epiphane TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1889 Death
2 June 1889
Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 56.
Added: 12/27/2024 3:08:43 PM - Updated: 12/27/2024 3:09:57 PM

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