Benjamin BOUCHARD

Born

13 August 1797 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

6 December 1873 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Benjamin married Adelaide SIMARD 27 July 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelaide SIMARD was born 17 July 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Adelaide died 20 July 1869 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . Adelaide was the child of Louis-Isaac-Absalon SIMARD and Josette FORTIN .

Parents & Family of Benjamin BOUCHARD

Parents of Benjamin BOUCHARD

Father

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD

Mother

Ursule TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Benjamin BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents

Louis BOUCHARD Marie-Françoise DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents

Andre TREMBLAY Emerence LAVOIE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin BOUCHARD

Benjamin BOUCHARD married

Adelaide SIMARD
Marriage date: 27 July 1824
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Adelaide SIMARD was the child of Louis-Isaac-Absalon SIMARD and Josette FORTIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Benjamin BOUCHARD and Adelaide SIMARD

Ide BOUCHARD

Born: 14 November 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Leandre TREMBLAY 3 July 1871 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Theophile BOUCHARD

Born: 17 July 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 4 November 1892, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Cesarie BOIVIN 14 February 1854 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
13 August 1797
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1824 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin BOUCHARD and Adelaide SIMARD 27 July 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 26 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Ide BOUCHARD was born 14 November 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 27 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Theophile BOUCHARD was born 17 July 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Benjamin was 33 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

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Theophile BOUCHARD married 14 February 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Cesarie BOIVIN

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)

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.