Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY

Born

16 November 1794 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

10 November 1862 , Montréal, Canada East

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Jean Baptiste BOUCHER Louise ROY

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Born: 16 November 1794 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste BOUCHER

Mother: Louise ROY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BOUCHER , Marguerite ROY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste ROY , Louise-Élisabeth PICOT (PICAULT)

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

Medard married Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC 17 May 1830 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC was born 7 November 1799 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie-Rose was the child of Thomas POLIQUIN and Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER.

Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY died 10 November 1862 in Montréal, Canada East .
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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

A Day in the Life of a 18th Century Journalier in New France

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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Spouse & Children of Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY

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Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY married

Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC
Marriage date: 17 May 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC was the child of Thomas POLIQUIN and Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER

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Children of Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY and Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1816, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie HEROUX 26 February 1838 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1794
16 November 1794
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 4 December 1816, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Medard was 22 years old.

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.

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
Medard BOUCHER dit TREMBLAY and Marie-Rose POLIQUIN dite ASTRUC 17 May 1830, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 35 years old.

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY married 26 February 1838, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marie HEROUX

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