Elisabeth ROCHEFORT

(b. 25 November 1793 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 9 March 1866 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )

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Elisabeth ROCHEFORT was born 25 November 1793 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Elisabeth ROCHEFORT was the child of Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Anne BARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN (maternal) Louis BARD and Marie LAMARRE

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Elisabeth married Didace BOUCHARD 4 August 1818 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Didace BOUCHARD was born 22 September 1794 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Didace died 10 May 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Didace was the child of Didace-Martin BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Elisabeth married (2) Jean TREMBLAY 20 September 1842 in La Malbaie, Canada East . Jean TREMBLAY was born 26 December 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Jean was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Madeleine GIRARD.

Elisabeth ROCHEFORT died 9 March 1866 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East .
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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Elisabeth ROCHEFORT married

Didace BOUCHARD-- Date: 4 August 1818 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Didace BOUCHARD was the child of Didace-Martin BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Children of Didace BOUCHARD and Elisabeth ROCHEFORT:

Seraphine BOUCHARD (b.22 August 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 5 September 1864 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Elisabeth ROCHEFORT married

Jean TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 September 1842 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Jean TREMBLAY was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Madeleine GIRARD

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1793 Birth
25 November 1793
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth ROCHEFORT and Didace BOUCHARD 4 August 1818, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Seraphine BOUCHARD was born 22 August 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Elisabeth was 34 years old.

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Didace BOUCHARD died 10 May 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth ROCHEFORT and Jean TREMBLAY 20 September 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 48 years old.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Seraphine BOUCHARD married 5 September 1864, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

1866 Death
9 March 1866
Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

She died at the age of 72.

Added: 2/13/2024 1:46:49 PM - Updated: 4/16/2024 1:47:13 PM