Charles BOUCHARD

Born

26 February 1799 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

21 December 1841 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East

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Joseph-Prisque BOUCHARD Marie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS

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Born: 26 February 1799 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Prisque BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS

Paternal grandparents: Prisque BOUCHARD , Marie-Josephe SAUCIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOURGELAS , Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

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Charles married Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS 21 October 1822 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 11 February 1807 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Modeste died 27 June 1872 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Marie-Modeste was the child of Joseph-Amable ROY dit DESJARDINS and Modeste PELLETIER.

Charles BOUCHARD died 21 December 1841 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Charles BOUCHARD

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Charles BOUCHARD married

Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS
Marriage date: 21 October 1822
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Joseph-Amable ROY dit DESJARDINS and Modeste PELLETIER

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Children of Charles BOUCHARD and Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS

Olive BOUCHARD

Born: 30 June 1833, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Died: 2 June 1915, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Married: Frederic PELLETIER 7 November 1854 Place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1799
26 February 1799
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Charles BOUCHARD and Marie-Modeste ROY dite DESJARDINS 21 October 1822, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 23 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Olive BOUCHARD was born 30 June 1833, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Charles was 34 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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States