Gaspard
BOUCHER
(b.
abt. 1599
,
Mortagne, Perche, France
d.
20 May 1662
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
)
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BOUCHER Genealogy
Gaspard BOUCHER was born abt. 1599 in Mortagne, Perche, France . Gaspard BOUCHER was the child of Jacques BOUCHER and Françoise PAIGNE
Gaspard was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1634.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Nicole LEMAIRE 12 December 1619 in France . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Nicole LEMAIRE was born abt. 1599 in France. She died 19 June 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).
Gaspard BOUCHER died 20 May 1662 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
He was born in Montagne (Notre Dame) Perche, France.
He married Dec. 12, 1619 in Mamers, Maine, France.
He arrived in Canada with his wife and four or five of their children in 1634 or 1635, or both years. In 1634, some 30-odd Percheron immigrants had crossed the ocean led by colonizing seigneur Robert Giffard. Gaspard may have been among the group. On their arrival, whenever they actually arrived, they were accommodated by Champlain in the 'habitation'. They soon after established themselves in the Notre-Dame-des-Anges seigneurie where Gaspard was engaged on the Jesuit farm. In March 21, 1646, Gaspard Boucher acquires a 24-arpents farm at Trois-Rivières.
Gaspard passed away on 20 May 1662 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada in a house fire that also claimed the life of his wife Nicole.
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- Origin of Surname
BOUCHER
(French) A butcher; a blood-thirsty man.
An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857. 
1619 Marriage / Partner
Gaspard BOUCHER and Nicole LEMAIRE 12 December 1619, , France
1622 Birth of Child
Pierre BOUCHER was born 1 August 1622, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)- 1629 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHER was born 22 January 1629, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche) - 1631 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOUCHER was born 28 July 1631, , France - 1634 Birth of Child
Madeleine BOUCHER was born 28 July 1634, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) 
1652 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nicole LEMAIRE died 19 June 1652, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)- 1662 Death
20 May 1662
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
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