Pierre BOUCHER

(b. 21 July 1754 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1816 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BOUCHER was born 21 July 1754 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Pierre BOUCHER was the child of Pascal BOUCHER and Genevieve VERMET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOUCHER and Marie-Madeleine GRAVEL (maternal) Robert VERMET dit LAFORME and Catherine-Marguerite CADRIN (CATRIN)

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

Pierre married Theothiste GONTHIER 22 November 1785 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theothiste GONTHIER was born 26 October 1762 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Theothiste died 6 September 1805 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Theothiste was the child of Louis GONTHIER and Marie-Madeleine COUTURE.

Pierre BOUCHER died 14 February 1816 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower 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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Pierre BOUCHER married

Theothiste GONTHIER-- Date: 22 November 1785 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Theothiste GONTHIER was the child of Louis GONTHIER and Marie-Madeleine COUTURE

Children of Pierre BOUCHER and Theothiste GONTHIER:

Jean BOUCHER (b.12 April 1801, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 26 January 1880, Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada)
m. Suzanne BOISSONNEAU 24 October 1826 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1754 Birth
21 July 1754
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOUCHER and Theothiste GONTHIER 22 November 1785, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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

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

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

1801 Birth of Child
Jean BOUCHER was born 12 April 1801, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 46 years old.