Josephte PELLETIER

Born

March 29, 1806 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

22 February 1899 , St-Philippe-de-Néri, Canada

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Germain PELLETIER Theotiste LIZOTTE

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Born: March 29, 1806 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Germain PELLETIER

Mother: Theotiste LIZOTTE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-François PELLETIER , Madeleine LEBEL

Maternal grandparents: François-Marie LIZOTTE , Louise-Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Josephte married Louis BOUCHARD 10 February 1829 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Louis BOUCHARD was born 17 January 1808 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Louis was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Rose FORTIN dite DANCOSSE.

Josephte PELLETIER died 22 February 1899 in St-Philippe-de-Néri, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Josephte PELLETIER

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Josephte PELLETIER married

Louis BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 10 February 1829
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Louis BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Rose FORTIN dite DANCOSSE

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Children of Louis BOUCHARD and Josephte PELLETIER

Louis-Bruno BOUCHARD

Born: 17 January 1830, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: ,

François-Xavier BOUCHARD

Born: 6 September 1831, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 24 February 1874, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Joseph BOUCHARD

Born: 13 January 1833, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Ambroise BOUCHARD

Born: 6 May 1834, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 27 March 1852, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

Marie-Emerise BOUCHARD

Born: 29 November 1835, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD

Born: 18 June 1837, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 1 March 1838, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

Marie-Tharsille BOUCHARD

Born: 18 July 1837, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Placide BOUCHARD

Born: 4 October 1838, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1912, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Marie-Philomene BOUCHARD

Born: 10 July 1840, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 4 April 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

Louis BOUCHARD

Born: 26 May 1843, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
Died: 1 May 1845, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

Israel BOUCHARD

Born: 4 September 1844, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
Died: 13 July 1845, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

Euchariste BOUCHARD

Born: 20 May 1846, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
Died: ,

Elzear BOUCHARD

Born: 4 July 1848, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
Died: abt. 1929, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1806
March 29, 1806
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PELLETIER and Louis BOUCHARD 10 February 1829, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Louis-Bruno BOUCHARD was born 17 January 1830, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 23 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
François-Xavier BOUCHARD was born 6 September 1831, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 25 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Joseph BOUCHARD was born 13 January 1833, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 26 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Ambroise BOUCHARD was born 6 May 1834, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Marie-Emerise BOUCHARD was born 29 November 1835, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD was born 18 June 1837, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 31 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Tharsille BOUCHARD was born 18 July 1837, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 31 years old.

1838 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD died 1 March 1838, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 31 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Placide BOUCHARD was born 4 October 1838, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 32 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene BOUCHARD was born 10 July 1840, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 34 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Child
Marie-Philomene BOUCHARD died 4 April 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 36 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Louis BOUCHARD was born 26 May 1843, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 37 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Israel BOUCHARD was born 4 September 1844, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 38 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Child
Louis BOUCHARD died 1 May 1845, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 39 years old.

1845 Death of Child
Israel BOUCHARD died 13 July 1845, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 39 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Euchariste BOUCHARD was born 20 May 1846, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 40 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Elzear BOUCHARD was born 4 July 1848, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 42 years old.

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Death of Child
Ambroise BOUCHARD died 27 March 1852, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 46 years old.

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

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.

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

1874 Death of Child
François-Xavier BOUCHARD died 24 February 1874, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Josephte was 67 years old.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada