Octave BOUCHARD

(b. 5 January 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 November 1895 , Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Octave BOUCHARD was born 5 January 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Octave BOUCHARD was the child of Jean BOUCHARD and Anastasie DORÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie BOIVIN (maternal) Etienne DORÉ and Marie-Joseph SIMARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Octave married Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 18 October 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 September 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide died 2 December 1911 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN.

Octave BOUCHARD died 11 November 1895 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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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Octave BOUCHARD married

Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE-- Date: 18 October 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN

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Children of Octave BOUCHARD and Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE:

Onesime BOUCHARD (b.17 September 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 9 August 1913, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )
m. Adele TREMBLAY 16 April 1866 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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1820 Birth
5 January 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Octave BOUCHARD and Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 18 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Onesime BOUCHARD was born 17 September 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Octave was 23 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Onesime BOUCHARD married 16 April 1866, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Adele TREMBLAY

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.