Sophie BOUCHARD

Born

20 April 1820 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Died

6 December 1895 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

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Born: 20 April 1820 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BOUCHARD , Emerentienne TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU

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

Sophie married Pascal LAVOIE 14 July 1834 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pascal LAVOIE was born 18 May 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Pascal died 9 August 1863 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Pascal was the child of Pascal LAVOIE and Marie NERON.

Sophie BOUCHARD died 6 December 1895 in Québec, 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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Sophie BOUCHARD married

Pascal LAVOIE
Marriage date: 14 July 1834
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Pascal LAVOIE was the child of Pascal LAVOIE and Marie NERON

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Children of Pascal LAVOIE and Sophie BOUCHARD

Malvina-Sophie LAVOIE

Born: 28 October 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 19 November 1894, St-Paul-du-Nord, Canada

Married: Dorilas TREMBLAY 11 April 1858 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1820
20 April 1820
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Sophie BOUCHARD and Pascal LAVOIE 14 July 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 14 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Malvina-Sophie LAVOIE was born 28 October 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sophie was 18 years old.

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Malvina-Sophie LAVOIE married 11 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Dorilas TREMBLAY

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pascal LAVOIE died 9 August 1863, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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.