Francois-Jacques BOUCHER

(b. 24 August 1736 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1797 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Francois-Jacques BOUCHER was born 24 August 1736 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Francois-Jacques BOUCHER was the child of François BOUCHER dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BOUCHER and Marie-Françoise POUILLOT (maternal) Nicolas DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Anne ROCHON

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

Francois-Jacques married Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE 17 June 1760 in Saint-Vallier, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE was born 23 April 1729 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Elisabeth died 4 February 1792 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Guillaume COUTURE and Marie-Charlotte TURGEON.

Francois-Jacques BOUCHER died 6 May 1797 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.

m. Cote Therese
m. Couture Marie-Elisabeth

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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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Francois-Jacques BOUCHER married

Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE-- Date: 17 June 1760 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada
Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE was the child of Guillaume COUTURE and Marie-Charlotte TURGEON

Children of Francois-Jacques BOUCHER and Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE:

François BOUCHER (b.5 December 1762, Saint-Vallier, Canada d. 15 December 1849, La Présentation, Canada East )
m. Angélique MARCAURELE dite LAFEUILLADE 31 July 1786 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1736 Birth
24 August 1736
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Jacques BOUCHER and Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE 17 June 1760, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François BOUCHER was born 5 December 1762, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Francois-Jacques was 26 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
François BOUCHER married 31 July 1786, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Angélique MARCAURELE dite LAFEUILLADE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada