Jean BOUCHARD

Born

16 June 1827 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1905 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Noel BOUCHARD Madeleine PILOTE

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Born: 16 June 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Noel BOUCHARD

Mother: Madeleine PILOTE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis-Antoine BOUCHARD , Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: François-Bernard PILOTE , Julie TREMBLAY

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

Jean married Domithilde GAUTHIER 7 October 1845 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Domithilde GAUTHIER was born 6 July 1829 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Domithilde died 31 May 1899 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Domithilde was the child of Julien GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY.

Jean BOUCHARD died 15 November 1905 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean BOUCHARD married

Domithilde GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 7 October 1845
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Domithilde GAUTHIER was the child of Julien GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean BOUCHARD and Domithilde GAUTHIER

Marie BOUCHARD

Born: 6 June 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 7 August 1909, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Marc TREMBLAY 25 January 1864 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1827
16 June 1827
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean BOUCHARD and Domithilde GAUTHIER 7 October 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 18 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHARD was born 6 June 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean was 19 years old.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Marie BOUCHARD married 25 January 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Jean-Marc 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.