William BOUCHER

(b. 29 September 1831 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 21 April 1884 , Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada )

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William BOUCHER was born 29 September 1831 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

William BOUCHER was the child of Desiree BOUCHER and Cleante LANTEIGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BOUCHER and Catherine MARCEL (maternal) Pierre LANTEIGNE and Geneviève CHENARD

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William married Venerande ROBICHAUD 25 April 1861 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Venerande ROBICHAUD was born abt. 1822 in New Brunswick, Canada. Venerande died 23 May 1899 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Venerande was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Theotiste SAVOIE.

William BOUCHER died 21 April 1884 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada .
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William BOUCHER married

Venerande ROBICHAUD-- Date: 25 April 1861 Place: Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
Venerande ROBICHAUD was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBICHAUD and Theotiste SAVOIE

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1831 Birth
29 September 1831
Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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

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.

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

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
William BOUCHER and Venerande ROBICHAUD 25 April 1861, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1861 marriage

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.