Monique BOUCHARD

(b. 21 April 1814 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 2 November 1876 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Monique BOUCHARD was born 21 April 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Monique BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Emerentienne BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS (maternal) Etienne BOIVIN and Marie-Philotee TREMBLAY

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

Monique married Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE 17 October 1838 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 2 September 1813 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis died 29 June 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Louis was the child of François PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Josephte DROUIN.

Monique BOUCHARD died 2 November 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, 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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Monique BOUCHARD married

Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE-- Date: 17 October 1838 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE was the child of François PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Josephte DROUIN

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Children of Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Monique BOUCHARD:

Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE (b.23 September 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 May 1903, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie TREMBLAY 3 February 1862 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1814 Birth
21 April 1814
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Monique BOUCHARD and Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE 17 October 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 24 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE was born 23 September 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Monique was 25 years old.

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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis PEPIN dit LACHANCE died 29 June 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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
Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE married 3 February 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Marie TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.