Sara BOUCHARD

(b. 16 March 1829 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 26 October 1859 , La Baie, Canada East )

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Sara BOUCHARD was born 16 March 1829 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Sara BOUCHARD was the child of Damase BOUCHARD and Helene GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Bernard BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY (maternal) René GIRARD and Marguerite FOURNIER

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

Sara married Joseph GAGNON 11 June 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GAGNON was born 20 January 1829 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 9 January 1877 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Joseph was the child of Thomas GAGNON and Venerande-Anselme GIRARD.

Sara BOUCHARD died 26 October 1859 in La Baie, 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 Sara BOUCHARD

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Sara BOUCHARD married

Joseph GAGNON-- Date: 11 June 1849 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Joseph GAGNON was the child of Thomas GAGNON and Venerande-Anselme GIRARD

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Children of Joseph GAGNON and Sara BOUCHARD:

Alexandre GAGNON (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1936, , Canada)
m. Lea TREMBLAY 3 November 1874 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1829 Birth
16 March 1829
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Sara BOUCHARD and Joseph GAGNON 11 June 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 20 years old.

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