Leon BOUCHARD

Born

20 April 1784 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 April 1853 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East

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Antoine BOUCHARD Marie-Josephte GRENON

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Born: 20 April 1784 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine BOUCHARD

Mother: Marie-Josephte GRENON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD , Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GRENON , Marie-Dorothee FORTIN

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Leon married Marie-Olive LAVOIE 9 October 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Olive LAVOIE was born 23 July 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Olive died 19 February 1875 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Marie-Olive was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Genevieve GAGNON.

Leon BOUCHARD died 28 April 1853 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Olive LAVOIE
Marriage date: 9 October 1810
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Olive LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Genevieve GAGNON

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Children of Leon BOUCHARD and Marie-Olive LAVOIE

Camille BOUCHARD

Born: 29 November 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 14 July 1888, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide BOUCHARD 25 October 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1784
20 April 1784
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Leon BOUCHARD and Marie-Olive LAVOIE 9 October 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 26 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Camille BOUCHARD was born 29 November 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 26 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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Camille BOUCHARD married 25 October 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Adelaide BOUCHARD

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.