Louis BOUCHER

Born

14 March 1830 , Henryville, Lower Canada

Died

21 November 1871 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

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Born: 14 March 1830 in Henryville, Lower Canada

Parents of Louis BOUCHER

Father

Alexandre BOUCHER

Mother

Desanges HOULE

Grandparents of Louis BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents

François BOUCHER Marguerite BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Louis HOULE Agnes GRANGER

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

Louis married Mathilde LANOUE 23 February 1857 in Henryville, Canada East . Mathilde LANOUE was born 26 September 1835 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada. Mathilde was the child of Medard LANOUE and Ursule PHANEUF.

Louis BOUCHER died 21 November 1871 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis BOUCHER

Louis BOUCHER married

Mathilde LANOUE
Marriage date: 23 February 1857
Marriage place: Henryville, Canada East
Mathilde LANOUE was the child of Medard LANOUE and Ursule PHANEUF

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1830
14 March 1830
Henryville, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOUCHER and Mathilde LANOUE 23 February 1857, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

He was 26 years old.

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.