André BOUCHARD

Born

3 February 1777 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 October 1868 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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François-Xavier BOUCHARD Marie-Angelique DESBIENS

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Born: 3 February 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François-Xavier BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie-Angelique DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD , Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Suzanne ROYER

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André married Dorothee GAUTHIER 9 April 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Dorothee GAUTHIER was born 23 December 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Dorothee died 19 November 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Dorothee was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Dorothee BOUCHARD.

André BOUCHARD died 13 October 1868 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Dorothee GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 9 April 1799
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Dorothee GAUTHIER was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Dorothee BOUCHARD

Children of André BOUCHARD and Dorothee GAUTHIER

Marcelline BOUCHARD

Born: 28 February 1805, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 11 April 1885, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Archange BOIVIN 21 October 1823 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 21 January 1836 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Archange BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Modeste FILION 19 August 1828 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Abraham BOUCHARD

Born: 30 December 1806, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 23 February 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Ursula ALLARD 25 October 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Adelaide BOUCHARD

Born: 14 November 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 24 November 1863, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East

Married: Camille BOUCHARD 25 October 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Venerande BOUCHARD

Born: 5 May 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 18 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Edouard GAUDREAU 20 August 1839 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1777
3 February 1777
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage / Partner
André BOUCHARD and Dorothee GAUTHIER 9 April 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Birth of Child
Marcelline BOUCHARD was born 28 February 1805, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André was 28 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Abraham BOUCHARD was born 30 December 1806, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André was 29 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Adelaide BOUCHARD was born 14 November 1808, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André was 31 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Venerande BOUCHARD was born 5 May 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André was 43 years old.

1823 Marriage of Child
Marcelline BOUCHARD married 21 October 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Archange BOIVIN

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Archange BOUCHARD married 19 August 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Modeste FILION

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Abraham BOUCHARD married 25 October 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Ursula ALLARD

1831 Marriage of Child
Adelaide BOUCHARD married 25 October 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Camille BOUCHARD

1836 Marriage of Child
Marcelline BOUCHARD married 21 January 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Venerande BOUCHARD married 20 August 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Edouard GAUDREAU

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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Dorothee GAUTHIER died 19 November 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Child
Abraham BOUCHARD died 23 February 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André was 73 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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

1855 Death of Child
Venerande BOUCHARD died 18 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

André was 78 years old.

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

1863 Death of Child
Adelaide BOUCHARD died 24 November 1863, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

André was 86 years old.

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.