Eugenie POTVIN

Born

9 May 1824 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

25 November 1871 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Francois POTVIN Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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Eugenie POTVIN was born 9 May 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Eugenie POTVIN was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Barbe GAGNON (maternal) André THIBAULT and Agathe SIMARD

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Eugenie married Paul BOUCHARD 20 April 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul BOUCHARD was born 7 June 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Paul died 25 March 1890 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Paul was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY.

Eugenie POTVIN died 25 November 1871 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
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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 Eugenie POTVIN

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Eugenie POTVIN married

Paul BOUCHARD-- Date: 20 April 1841 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Paul BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Children of Paul BOUCHARD and Eugenie POTVIN

Louise BOUCHARD (b.13 September 1845, La Baie, Canada East d. 31 March 1875, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois TREMBLAY 15 February 1870 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1824 Birth
9 May 1824
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Eugenie POTVIN and Paul BOUCHARD 20 April 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Louise BOUCHARD was born 13 September 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Eugenie was 21 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage of Child
Louise BOUCHARD married 15 February 1870, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Francois TREMBLAY