Theophile BOUCHARD

(b. 24 February 1821 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1883 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Theophile BOUCHARD was born 24 February 1821 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Theophile BOUCHARD was the child of René BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Françoise FORTIN (maternal) Louis-Andre TREMBLAY and Judith DUFOUR

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

Theophile married Josephine TREMBLAY 20 January 1846 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Josephine TREMBLAY was born 24 April 1820 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Josephine died 6 October 1888 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Josephine was the child of Laurent TREMBLAY and Geneviève LECLERC.

Theophile BOUCHARD died 17 May 1883 in Les Éboulements, 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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Family and Children of Theophile BOUCHARD

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Theophile BOUCHARD married

Josephine TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 January 1846 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Josephine TREMBLAY was the child of Laurent TREMBLAY and Geneviève LECLERC

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Children of Theophile BOUCHARD and Josephine TREMBLAY:

Edmond BOUCHARD (b.15 January 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Marie-Luce GIRARD 16 August 1870 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Georgiana BOUCHARD (b.20 June 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 11 December 1923, St-Grégoire, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 14 September 1869 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Jean TREMBLAY 28 January 1918

Catherine BOUCHARD (b.16 May 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 6 March 1917, St-Grégoire-de-Montmorency, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jean TREMBLAY 18 January 1876 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1821 Birth
24 February 1821
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Theophile BOUCHARD and Josephine TREMBLAY 20 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Edmond BOUCHARD was born 15 January 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Theophile was 25 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Georgiana BOUCHARD was born 20 June 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Theophile was 29 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Catherine BOUCHARD was born 16 May 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Theophile was 36 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Georgiana BOUCHARD married 14 September 1869, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Louis TREMBLAY

1870 Marriage of Child
Edmond BOUCHARD married 16 August 1870, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Luce GIRARD

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Marriage of Child
Catherine BOUCHARD married 18 January 1876, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)