Jean-Louis BOUCHER

(b. 13 October 1805 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 9 March 1868 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Louis BOUCHER was born 13 October 1805 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Jean-Louis BOUCHER was the child of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Marie-Louise LAREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Michel BOUCHER and Marie-Louise-Françoise BOURASSA (maternal) Joseph-Antoine LAREAU and Marie-Anne FRECHETTE

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

Jean-Louis married Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE 6 November 1827 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE was born 28 January 1810 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Olive died 18 June 1853 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Olive was the child of Antoine ADAM dit LARAMÉE and Madeleine GAGNON.

Jean-Louis married (2) Sophie LAGUE 13 February 1854 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East . Sophie LAGUE was born 22 December 1810 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Sophie died 12 January 1896 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Sophie was the child of Antoine LAGÜE and Françoise MOREAU.

Jean-Louis BOUCHER died 9 March 1868 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Jean-Louis BOUCHER

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Jean-Louis BOUCHER married

Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE-- Date: 6 November 1827 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE was the child of Antoine ADAM dit LARAMÉE and Madeleine GAGNON

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Children of Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE:

Olive-Eva BOUCHER (b.28 August 1828, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1865, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Canada)

Louis BOUCHER (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1880, , Massachusetts, USA)

Antoine BOUCHER (b.9 May 1832, Iberville, Lower Canada d. 5 July 1832, Iberville, Lower Canada )

Louise BOUCHER (b.19 April 1833, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 14 June 1847, Iberville, Canada East )

Josephte BOUCHER (b.10 August 1835, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 19 November 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada )

David BOUCHER (b.7 March 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada )

Jean Baptiste BOUCHER (b.12 October 1839, Iberville, Lower Canada d. 7 December 1902, Clarksburg, Massachusetts, USA )

Alexandre BOUCHER (b.12 February 1842, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 26 May 1917, Berkshire, Vermont, USA )

Angele BOUCHER (b.August 1844, Iberville, Canada East d. August 1849, Iberville, Canada East )

Marie Rosalie BOUCHER (b.9 December 1846, Iberville, Canada East d. 18 April 1888, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)

Elmire BOUCHER (b.February 1849, Iberville, Canada East d. 23 January 1851, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East)

Jean-Louis BOUCHER married

Sophie LAGUE-- Date: 13 February 1854 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East

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Sophie LAGUE was the child of Antoine LAGÜE and Françoise MOREAU

February 13, 1854 --- Louis Boucher and Sophie Lague
Louis widower of Olive Laramé Adam
Sophie widow of Ambroise Nolin
Witnesses : Louis Boucher, Jean Baptiste Boucher, Ambroise Nolin, Ambroise Nolin, and many others.
Priest : Dupuy
Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East

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1805 Birth
13 October 1805
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE 6 November 1827, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 22 years old.

1827 marriage

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1828 Birth of Child
Olive-Eva BOUCHER was born 28 August 1828, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Louis was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Antoine BOUCHER was born 9 May 1832, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Louise BOUCHER was born 19 April 1833, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Jean-Louis was 27 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Josephte BOUCHER was born 10 August 1835, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Jean-Louis was 29 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

1838 Birth of Child
David BOUCHER was born 7 March 1838, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 32 years old.

1838 Death of Child
Josephte BOUCHER died 19 November 1838, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 33 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BOUCHER was born 12 October 1839, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 34 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Alexandre BOUCHER was born 12 February 1842, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Jean-Louis was 36 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Angele BOUCHER was born August 1844, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 38 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie Rosalie BOUCHER was born 9 December 1846, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 41 years old.

1847 Death of Child
Louise BOUCHER died 14 June 1847, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 41 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Elmire BOUCHER was born February 1849, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 43 years old.

1849 Death of Child
Angele BOUCHER died August 1849, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Jean-Louis was 43 years old.

1851 Death of Child
Elmire BOUCHER died 23 January 1851, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Jean-Louis was 45 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Olive ADAM dite LARAMEE died 18 June 1853, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Sophie LAGUE 13 February 1854, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

He was 48 years old.

1854 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1865 Death of Child
Olive-Eva BOUCHER died 25 May 1865, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Canada

Jean-Louis was 59 years old.

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.