Venerande BOUCHARD

(b. 5 May 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 August 1855 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Venerande BOUCHARD was born 5 May 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Venerande BOUCHARD was the child of André BOUCHARD and Dorothee GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS (maternal) Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Dorothee BOUCHARD

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Venerande married Edouard GAUDREAU 20 August 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edouard GAUDREAU was born 15 August 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Edouard was the child of Alexis GAUDREAU and Felicite LEMIEUX.

Venerande BOUCHARD died 18 August 1855 in Les Éboulements, 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.

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Family and Children of Venerande BOUCHARD

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Venerande BOUCHARD married

Edouard GAUDREAU-- Date: 20 August 1839 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Edouard GAUDREAU was the child of Alexis GAUDREAU and Felicite LEMIEUX

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Children of Edouard GAUDREAU and Venerande BOUCHARD:

Emelie GAUDREAU (b.abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Elzear TREMBLAY 11 January 1869 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1820 Birth
5 May 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Venerande BOUCHARD and Edouard GAUDREAU 20 August 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 19 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.