Louis BOILARD

(b. 13 November 1772 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 December 1855 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )

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Louis BOILARD was born 13 November 1772 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis BOILARD was the child of Nicolas BOILARD and Charlotte GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Marie-Anne COUILLARD

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

Louis married Charlotte LABRECQUE 16 January 1798 in Beaumont, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte LABRECQUE was born 25 December 1774 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Charlotte died 20 September 1843 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Charlotte was the child of Joseph LABRECQUE and Suzanne GIRARD.

Louis BOILARD died 11 December 1855 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada East.

m. Labrecque Charlotte

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Occupation

Louis BOILARD was a cultivateur-laboureur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Louis BOILARD married

Charlotte LABRECQUE-- Date: 16 January 1798 Place: Beaumont, Lower Canada
Charlotte LABRECQUE was the child of Joseph LABRECQUE and Suzanne GIRARD

Children of Louis BOILARD and Charlotte LABRECQUE:

Joseph-Amable BOILARD (b.8 January 1806, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 19 May 1880, Lyster, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte GERMAIN 15 November 1825 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1772 Birth
13 November 1772
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOILARD and Charlotte LABRECQUE 16 January 1798, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 25 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Birth of Child
Joseph-Amable BOILARD was born 8 January 1806, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Louis was 33 years old.

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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Amable BOILARD married 15 November 1825, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Marie-Josephte GERMAIN

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)