Francois BOUCHARD

Born

17 May 1831 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

28 November 1887 , Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

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Born: 17 May 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BOUCHARD , Emerentienne TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU

Francois BOUCHARD died 28 November 1887 in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Meunier, navigateur

The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca

Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude

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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Birth — 1831
17 May 1831
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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.