Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD

Born

3 January 1799 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

15 June 1889 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD Marie DUFOUR

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Born: 3 January 1799 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Jeanne GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François DUFOUR , Marie-Madeleine BRISSON

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

Simeon-Simon married Olive TREMBLAY 6 October 1823 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Olive TREMBLAY was born 31 August 1805 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Olive died 11 October 1890 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Olive was the child of Ambroise-Saturnin TREMBLAY and Agnes FORTIN.

Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD died 15 June 1889 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada .
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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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Spouse & Children of Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD

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Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD married

Olive TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 6 October 1823
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Olive TREMBLAY was the child of Ambroise-Saturnin TREMBLAY and Agnes FORTIN

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Children of Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD and Olive TREMBLAY

Estelle BOUCHARD

Born: 1 April 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 10 January 1913, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Married: Adalbert TREMBLAY 7 November 1864 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Monique BOUCHARD

Born: 28 February 1839, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 5 December 1912, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Napoleon TREMBLAY 30 July 1860 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1799
3 January 1799
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Simeon-Simon BOUCHARD and Olive TREMBLAY 6 October 1823, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Estelle BOUCHARD was born 1 April 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Simeon-Simon was 27 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Monique BOUCHARD was born 28 February 1839, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Simeon-Simon was 40 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Monique BOUCHARD married 30 July 1860, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Napoleon TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Estelle BOUCHARD married 7 November 1864, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Adalbert TREMBLAY

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.