Etienne BOUCHARD

Born

3 August 1793 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Died

15 February 1872 , Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada

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Nicolas BOUCHARD Marguerite BROCHU

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Born: 3 August 1793 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Father: Nicolas BOUCHARD

Mother: Marguerite BROCHU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOUCHARD , Marie-Ursule-Agnes ROY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BROCHU , Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY

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Etienne married Elisabeth SEARLE 5 February 1822 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth SEARLE was born 20 October 1799 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Elisabeth died 21 October 1862 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Elisabeth was the child of Samuel SEARLE and Sara WELLINGTON.

Etienne BOUCHARD died 15 February 1872 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada .
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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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Etienne BOUCHARD married

Elisabeth SEARLE
Marriage date: 5 February 1822
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
Elisabeth SEARLE was the child of Samuel SEARLE and Sara WELLINGTON

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Children of Etienne BOUCHARD and Elisabeth SEARLE

Joseph BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Rose-Adeline MORIN 21 February 1854

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Birth — 1793
3 August 1793
Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Etienne BOUCHARD and Elisabeth SEARLE 5 February 1822, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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)

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)

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 - 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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth SEARLE died 21 October 1862, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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.