Jean BOUCHER

Born

12 April 1801 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

26 January 1880 , Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean BOUCHER

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Born: 12 April 1801 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean BOUCHER

Father

Pierre BOUCHER

Mother

Theothiste GONTHIER

Grandparents of Jean BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents

Pascal BOUCHER Genevieve VERMET

Maternal grandparents

Louis GONTHIER Marie-Madeleine COUTURE

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

Jean married Suzanne BOISSONNEAU 24 October 1826 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne BOISSONNEAU was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada. Suzanne was the child of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN.

Jean BOUCHER died 26 January 1880 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean BOUCHER

Jean BOUCHER married

Suzanne BOISSONNEAU
Marriage date: 24 October 1826
Marriage place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
Suzanne BOISSONNEAU was the child of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN

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Children of Jean BOUCHER and Suzanne BOISSONNEAU

Pierre BOUCHER

Born: 29 April 1830, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
Died: 25 February 1900, Pembroke, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Hermine PLOURDE 28 February 1870

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1801
12 April 1801
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean BOUCHER and Suzanne BOISSONNEAU 24 October 1826, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Pierre BOUCHER was born 29 April 1830, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Jean was 29 years old.

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

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.