Louis BOUCHARD

(b. abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 December 1872 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Louis BOUCHARD was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BOUCHARD was the child of Augustin BOUCHARD and Mary MCNICOLL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne BOUCHARD and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ (maternal) Duncan MCNICOLL and Catherine NICOLAS

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

Louis married Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY 11 November 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY was born 13 February 1796 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Charlotte died 23 May 1878 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte BERGERON.

Louis BOUCHARD died 11 December 1872 in La Malbaie, 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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Family and Children of Louis BOUCHARD

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Louis BOUCHARD married

Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY-- Date: 11 November 1817 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte BERGERON

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Children of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY:

Francois-Xavier BOUCHARD (b.25 January 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 August 1889, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Caroline BOUCHARD (b.13 May 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1894, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Phebee BOUCHARD (b.24 October 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 26 December 1892, St-Gédéon, Lac-St-Jean, Canada)

Edesse-Modeste BOUCHARD (b.23 September 1825, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1862, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East )

Marie BOUCHARD (b.29 May 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 15 November 1884, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Emerentienne BOUCHARD (b.11 February 1832, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 6 November 1887, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

Heloise BOUCHARD (b.28 December 1836, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY 11 November 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier BOUCHARD was born 25 January 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Marie-Caroline BOUCHARD was born 13 May 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1823 Birth of Child
Phebee BOUCHARD was born 24 October 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Edesse-Modeste BOUCHARD was born 23 September 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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 Birth of Child
Marie BOUCHARD was born 29 May 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was born 11 February 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Heloise BOUCHARD was born 28 December 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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

1862 Death of Child
Edesse-Modeste BOUCHARD died 20 May 1862, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.