Genevieve BOUCHER

Born

18 November 1817 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

14 October 1884 , St-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Marie BOUCHER Marguerite HENAULT

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Born: 18 November 1817 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Marie BOUCHER

Mother: Marguerite HENAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER , Ursule COULOMBE

Maternal grandparents: François HÉNAULT dit LAFRENIÈRE , Marie-Victoire BRANCONNIER

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Genevieve married Charles BARIL 4 February 1834 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles BARIL was born 9 July 1809 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Charles died 21 April 1891 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec, Canada. Charles was the child of Henry BARIL and Madeleine DOUCET.

Genevieve BOUCHER died 14 October 1884 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec, Canada.
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Genevieve BOUCHER married

Charles BARIL
Marriage date: 4 February 1834
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Charles BARIL was the child of Henry BARIL and Madeleine DOUCET

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Children of Charles BARIL and Genevieve BOUCHER

Charles BARIL

Born: 1 January 1835, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Philomene ROBITAILLE 16 January 1860

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Birth — 1817
18 November 1817
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve BOUCHER and Charles BARIL 4 February 1834, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 16 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Charles BARIL was born 1 January 1835, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Genevieve was 17 years old.

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

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)

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.