Basilisse POULIN

Born

15 October 1823 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

15 January 1898 , Beauceville, Québec, Canada

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Pierre POULIN Françoise VEILLEUX

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Born: 15 October 1823 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre POULIN

Mother: Françoise VEILLEUX

Paternal grandparents: François POULIN , Marie-Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON

Maternal grandparents: Augustin VEILLEUX , Marguerite ROY

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Basilisse married Antoine BOUCHER 27 November 1838 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BOUCHER was born 13 October 1813 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 1 April 1896 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Antoine was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Louise BOLDUC.

Basilisse POULIN died 15 January 1898 in Beauceville, 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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Basilisse POULIN married

Antoine BOUCHER
Marriage date: 27 November 1838
Marriage place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Antoine BOUCHER was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Louise BOLDUC

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Joseph BOUCHER

Born: 10 September 1841, Beauceville, Canada East
Died: 9 June 1902, Beauceville, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Desanges RODRIGUE 6 February 1866 Place: Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1823
15 October 1823
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Basilisse POULIN and Antoine BOUCHER 27 November 1838, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

She was 15 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

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

1841 Birth of Child
Joseph BOUCHER was born 10 September 1841, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Basilisse was 17 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)

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUCHER married 6 February 1866, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Marie-Desanges RODRIGUE

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.