Emilien BOUCHARD

Born

7 September 1823 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

14 November 1894 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Thomas BOUCHARD Archange PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Born: 7 September 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Thomas BOUCHARD

Mother: Archange PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Amedee BOUCHARD , Josephte TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) , Josephte DUFOUR

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

Emilien married Clarisse GUERIN 25 November 1844 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Clarisse GUERIN was born 1 January 1823 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Clarisse died 19 March 1866 in St-Placide-de-Charlevoix, Canada. Clarisse was the child of Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie CARRE.

Emilien BOUCHARD died 14 November 1894 in La Malbaie, 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 Emilien BOUCHARD

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Emilien BOUCHARD married

Clarisse GUERIN
Marriage date: 25 November 1844
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Clarisse GUERIN was the child of Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie CARRE

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Children of Emilien BOUCHARD and Clarisse GUERIN

Marie-Anne BOUCHARD

Born: 10 August 1859, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Ubalde TREMBLAY 8 September 1879

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Birth — 1823
7 September 1823
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Emilien BOUCHARD and Clarisse GUERIN 25 November 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BOUCHARD was born 10 August 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emilien was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Clarisse GUERIN died 19 March 1866, St-Placide-de-Charlevoix, Canada

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.