Charles BOUCHER

(b. 5 May 1812 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 27 February 1884 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Charles BOUCHER was born 5 May 1812 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Charles BOUCHER was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Michel BOUCHER and Marie-Louise-Françoise BOURASSA (maternal) Joseph-Antoine LAREAU and Marie-Anne FRECHETTE

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

Charles married Sophie COURTEMANCHE 23 September 1834 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Sophie COURTEMANCHE was born 19 February 1815 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Sophie died 27 January 1902 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Sophie was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTEMANCHE and Marie PATENAUDE.

Charles BOUCHER died 27 February 1884 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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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Family and Children of Charles BOUCHER

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Charles BOUCHER married

Sophie COURTEMANCHE-- Date: 23 September 1834 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
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Sophie COURTEMANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTEMANCHE and Marie PATENAUDE

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Children of Charles BOUCHER and Sophie COURTEMANCHE:

Charles BOUCHER (b.10 September 1835, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Flavie MENARD 16 May 1854 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Joseph BOUCHER (b.19 October 1838, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Scholastique CHAPUT 9 November 1858 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Felix BOUCHER (b.22 September 1840, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Rose MOREL 11 July 1864 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Aurelie BOUCHER (b.17 September 1842, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 26 December 1929, Cohoes, New York, USA)
m. Jean Baptiste AUDET 15 November 1859 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Sophie BOUCHER (b.7 March 1845, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Julia (Julie) BOUCHER (b.27 July 1847, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph ROBERT 9 October 1871 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Moise BOUCHER (b.2 September 1849, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Alphonsine DESROSIERS 7 September 1874 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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1812 Birth
5 May 1812
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Baptism
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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)

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1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Charles BOUCHER and Sophie COURTEMANCHE 23 September 1834, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 22 years old.

1834 marriage
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1835 Birth of Child
Charles BOUCHER was born 10 September 1835, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Charles was 23 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Joseph BOUCHER was born 19 October 1838, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Charles was 26 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
Felix BOUCHER was born 22 September 1840, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Charles was 28 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Aurelie BOUCHER was born 17 September 1842, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Charles was 30 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Sophie BOUCHER was born 7 March 1845, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Charles was 32 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Marie Julia (Julie) BOUCHER was born 27 July 1847, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Charles was 35 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Moise BOUCHER was born 2 September 1849, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Charles was 37 years old.

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

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

1854 Marriage of Child
Charles BOUCHER married 16 May 1854, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Flavie MENARD

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUCHER married 9 November 1858, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Scholastique CHAPUT

1859 Marriage of Child
Aurelie BOUCHER married 15 November 1859, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Jean Baptiste AUDET

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Felix BOUCHER married 11 July 1864, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Rose MOREL

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Marie Julia (Julie) BOUCHER married 9 October 1871, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Joseph ROBERT

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Moise BOUCHER married 7 September 1874, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Alphonsine DESROSIERS

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
Eglise de Saint-Luc, est. 1877
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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)

1881 Ste-Rosalie, Bagot, Quebec, Canada
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name: Charles Boucher
title:
gender: Male
age: 68y
calculated birth year: 1813
birthplace: Quebec
marital status: Married
occupation: Cordonnier
ethnic origin: French
religion: Catholique
head of household: Charles Boucher
born during last year:
census place: St-Jean (Town), St-Jean, Quebec, Canada
district number: 68
sub district: E
division: 1
page number: 99
house number: 1060031
family number: 446
digital folder number: 4464083
image number: 00446
film number: 1375841
library and archives canada film number: C-13205
Household Gender Age
Charles Boucher M 68y
Sophie Boucher F 66y

1881 Canadian Census
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