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) 7 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, Lower Canada . 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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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply 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.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 May 1865, Ste-Croix, Dunham, Canada)

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

Louise BOUCHER (b.19 April 1833, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. , )

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

Jean Baptiste BOUCHER (b.13 October 1837, Stanbridge, Lower Canada d. 7 December 1902, Clarksburg, Massachusetts, USA )

Alexander BOUCHER (b.12 February 1839, St-Armand, Quebec, Canada d. 26 May 1917, Berkshire, Vermont, USA )

Rosalie BOUCHER (b.abt. 1847, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Louis BOUCHER married

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

See marriage record for Jean-Louis BOUCHER and Sophie LAGUE
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
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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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1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1837 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BOUCHER was born 13 October 1837, Stanbridge, Québec, Canada (Stanbridge East)

Jean-Louis was 32 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Alexander BOUCHER was born 12 February 1839, St-Armand, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Louis was 33 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

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.

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
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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.