Damase BOUCHARD

Born

8 September 1817 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

13 February 1899 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Damase BOUCHARD

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Born: 8 September 1817 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of Damase BOUCHARD

Father

Anselme BOUCHARD

Mother

Josephte TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Damase BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents

François-Bernard BOUCHARD Felicite TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Jacques TREMBLAY Angelique PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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

Damase married Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 24 July 1844 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 28 November 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Zozime was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN.

Damase BOUCHARD died 13 February 1899 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Damase BOUCHARD

Damase BOUCHARD married

Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 24 July 1844
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN

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

Children of Damase BOUCHARD and Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Rufine BOUCHARD

Born: 12 January 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles TREMBLAY 28 February 1870 Place: L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Adele BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 August 1885, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Alfred TREMBLAY 16 August 1884 Place: L'Anse-Saint-Jean, 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 — 1817
8 September 1817
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Damase BOUCHARD and Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 24 July 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 26 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Rufine BOUCHARD was born 12 January 1848, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Damase was 30 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)

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.