Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

Born

12 October 1738 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

29 September 1819 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Age: 80

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER dit BARBEL Marie-Catherine GLADU dite COGNAC

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Born: 12 October 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER dit BARBEL

Mother: Marie-Catherine GLADU dite COGNAC

Paternal grandparents: Charles BOUCHER , Marguerite-Agnes PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas GLADU dit COGNAC , Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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Jean-Baptiste married Ursule COULOMBE 16 May 1768 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ursule COULOMBE was born 24 March 1749 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Ursule died 8 March 1819 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Ursule was the child of Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE and Marie-Anne LIENARD dite DURBOIS.

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER died 29 September 1819 in Berthierville, 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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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER married

Ursule COULOMBE
Marriage date: 16 May 1768
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Ursule COULOMBE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE and Marie-Anne LIENARD dite DURBOIS

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Germain BOUCHER

Born: 26 March 1780, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 July 1830, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne PLOUFFE 9 February 1801 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Marie BOUCHER

Born: abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 August 1832, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite HENAULT 3 February 1817 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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Birth — 1738
12 October 1738
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Ursule COULOMBE 16 May 1768, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 29 years old.

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.

1780 Birth of Child
Germain BOUCHER was born 26 March 1780, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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 Marriage of Child
Germain BOUCHER married 9 February 1801, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Anne PLOUFFE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie BOUCHER married 3 February 1817, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Marguerite HENAULT

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.