René BOUCHARD

Born

17 September 1799 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

22 March 1864 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

Parents & Family of René BOUCHARD

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Born: 17 September 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of René BOUCHARD

Father

Jean BOUCHARD

Mother

Olive-Modeste FORTIN

Grandparents of René BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents

Pierre BOUCHARD Marie-Geneviève GRENON

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie FORTIN Elisabeth BANVILLE

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

René married Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY 24 February 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY was born 28 August 1789 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte-Procule died 19 June 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . Josephte-Procule was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Ursule TREMBLAY.

René married (2) Lea LEVESQUE 3 November 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Lea LEVESQUE was born 22 April 1821 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Lea died 7 January 1854 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . Lea was the child of Isidore LEVESQUE and Emerentienne GIRARD.

René BOUCHARD died 22 March 1864 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of René BOUCHARD

René BOUCHARD married

Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 24 February 1824
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Ursule TREMBLAY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of René BOUCHARD and Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY

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René BOUCHARD married

Lea LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 3 November 1841
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Lea LEVESQUE was the child of Isidore LEVESQUE and Emerentienne GIRARD

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of René BOUCHARD and Lea LEVESQUE

Victoria BOUCHARD

Born: 23 April 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Eloi TREMBLAY 19 October 1868 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Marie BOUCHARD

Born: 1 December 1853, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 9 July 1925, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Vezina TREMBLAY 9 October 1871 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1799
17 September 1799
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 Marriage / Partner
René BOUCHARD and Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY 24 February 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

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 Marriage / Partner
René BOUCHARD and Lea LEVESQUE 3 November 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 42 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte-Procule TREMBLAY died 19 June 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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
Victoria BOUCHARD was born 23 April 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

René was 43 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.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHARD was born 1 December 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

René was 54 years old.

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

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lea LEVESQUE died 7 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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

Death — 1864
22 March 1864
Les Éboulements, Canada East
He died at the age of 64.

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