Thomas BOUCHARD

Born

18 December 1805 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

18 November 1897 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Louis BOUCHARD Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Born: 18 December 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Louis BOUCHARD

Mother: Geneviève TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Michel-David TREMBLAY , Marie DEMEULES

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Thomas married Josephe TREMBLAY 12 January 1830 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Josephe TREMBLAY was born 13 March 1806 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Josephe died 19 April 1879 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Josephe was the child of Etienne-Agapit TREMBLAY and Geneviève ALLAIRE.

Thomas BOUCHARD died 18 November 1897 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Josephe TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 12 January 1830
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Josephe TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne-Agapit TREMBLAY and Geneviève ALLAIRE

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Birth — 1805
18 December 1805
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

1830 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BOUCHARD and Josephe TREMBLAY 12 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

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.