François BOUCHARD

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25 November 1798 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1888 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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François-Bernard BOUCHARD Felicite TREMBLAY

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Born: 25 November 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: François-Bernard BOUCHARD

Mother: Felicite TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Jeanne GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean TREMBLAY , Charlotte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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François married Hieronime GAGNÉ 23 November 1830 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hieronime GAGNÉ was born 26 October 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Hieronime died 23 March 1872 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Hieronime was the child of Etienne GAGNÉ and Victoire ST-ÉLOY.

François BOUCHARD died 3 September 1888 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.
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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Hieronime GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 23 November 1830
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Hieronime GAGNÉ was the child of Etienne GAGNÉ and Victoire ST-ÉLOY

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Arthemise BOUCHARD

Born: 21 January 1844, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 24 February 1935, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Edmond TREMBLAY 4 August 1863 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1798
25 November 1798
Les Éboulements, 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 - 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
François BOUCHARD and Hieronime GAGNÉ 23 November 1830, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 32 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Arthemise BOUCHARD was born 21 January 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

François was 45 years old.

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Arthemise BOUCHARD married 4 August 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Edmond TREMBLAY

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.