Joseph
BOUCHER
Born
11 March 1796
,
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died
3 August 1865
,
Iberville, Canada East
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Born: 11 March 1796 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Father:
Joseph BOUCHER
Mother:
Marie-Anne LAREAU
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph-Michel BOUCHER
, Marie-Louise-Françoise BOURASSA
Maternal grandparents:
Joseph-Antoine LAREAU
, Marie-Anne FRECHETTE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Catherine MONTY 22 January 1816 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine MONTY was born 27 April 1795 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Catherine died 12 January 1877 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Catherine was the child of Clement MONTY and Marie-Louise LEDOUX.
Joseph BOUCHER died 3 August 1865 in Iberville, Canada East .
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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
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 changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Joseph BOUCHER
Joseph BOUCHER married 
Catherine MONTY
Marriage date: 22 January 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Catherine MONTY was the child of Clement MONTY and Marie-Louise LEDOUX
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Catherine MONTYMarriage date: 22 January 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Catherine MONTY was the child of Clement MONTY and Marie-Louise LEDOUX
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph BOUCHER and Catherine MONTY
Joseph BOUCHERBorn: 03 March 1817, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 23 November 1875, Iberville, Québec, Canada
Died: 23 November 1875, Iberville, Québec, Canada
Married: Rosalie TETREAULT 26 February 1838 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
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Birth — 179611 March 1796
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
1816 Marriage / PartnerJoseph BOUCHER and Catherine MONTY 22 January 1816, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
He was 19 years old.
1817 Birth of ChildJoseph BOUCHER was born 03 March 1817, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
Joseph was 20 years old.
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1838 Marriage of ChildJoseph BOUCHER married 26 February 1838, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Rosalie TETREAULT
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
Death — 18653 August 1865
Iberville, Canada East
He died at the age of 69.
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