Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

Born

17 December 1752 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

3 November 1817 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Louis-Ignace BOUCHER Marie-Madeleine MIGNIER

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Born: 17 December 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Louis-Ignace BOUCHER

Mother: Marie-Madeleine MIGNIER

Paternal grandparents: François-Galleron BOUCHER , Jeanne GAUDREAU

Maternal grandparents: Andre MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) , Françoise OUELLET

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Reine PELLERIN 9 February 1778 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine PELLERIN was born 6 January 1755 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine died 29 April 1800 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine was the child of François PELLERIN and Geneviève ST-PIERRE.

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER died 3 November 1817 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER married

Marie-Reine PELLERIN
Marriage date: 9 February 1778
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Reine PELLERIN was the child of François PELLERIN and Geneviève ST-PIERRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Marie-Reine PELLERIN

Geneviève BOUCHER

Born: 17 February 1783, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 July 1861, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Abraham-Constantin GONTHIER 1 August 1809 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1752
17 December 1752
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Marie-Reine PELLERIN 9 February 1778, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Geneviève BOUCHER was born 17 February 1783, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)