Jean Baptiste BOUCHER

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abt. 1748 , Canada

Died

20 May 1816 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOUCHER Marguerite ROY

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Born: abt. 1748 in Canada

Father: Joseph BOUCHER

Mother: Marguerite ROY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BOUCHER , Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE)

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Jean Baptiste married Louise ROY 6 May 1782 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise ROY was born 7 August 1758 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louise died 15 July 1822 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Louise-Élisabeth PICOT (PICAULT).

Jean Baptiste BOUCHER died 20 May 1816 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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Boucher Heritage - Ceramic Mug

Sip your morning coffee in style with the Boucher Heritage Mug, a tribute to the rich legacy of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet, pioneers who embarked on a journey to New France from Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, France in 1630s.

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Recorded occupation: cultivateur, journalier

The journalier, or day labourer, was a worker employed by the day, typically in the agricultural sector. He usually only worked during the summer months, for low wages, which meant that day labourers were among the poorest of the inhabitants of New France.
Source: tfcq.ca

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

Louise ROY
Marriage date: 6 May 1782
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louise ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Louise-Élisabeth PICOT (PICAULT)

Children of Jean Baptiste BOUCHER and Louise ROY

Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY

Born: 16 November 1794, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 10 November 1862, Montréal, Canada East

Married: Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC 17 May 1830 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste BOUCHER and Louise ROY 6 May 1782, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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)