Nicolas BOUCHARD

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10 November 1804 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

3 January 1858 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Nicolas BOUCHARD Angélique DUBE

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Born: 10 November 1804 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Nicolas BOUCHARD

Mother: Angélique DUBE

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Christophe BOUCHARD , Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie DUBE , Marie-Catherine LEVESQUE

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Nicolas married Luce DRAPEAU 14 May 1849 in Rimouski, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luce DRAPEAU was born 26 July 1832 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Luce died 2 June 1889 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Luce was the child of Charles DRAPEAU and Celeste PARENT.

Nicolas BOUCHARD died 3 January 1858 in Rimouski, Canada East .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Nicolas BOUCHARD married

Luce DRAPEAU
Marriage date: 14 May 1849
Marriage place: Rimouski, Canada East
Luce DRAPEAU was the child of Charles DRAPEAU and Celeste PARENT

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Children of Nicolas BOUCHARD and Luce DRAPEAU

Marie Flore BOUCHARD

Born: 5 November 1850, Rimouski, Canada East
Died: 9 August 1891, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Epiphane TREMBLAY 21 October 1869 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1804
10 November 1804
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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

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
Nicolas BOUCHARD and Luce DRAPEAU 14 May 1849, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 44 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Marie Flore BOUCHARD was born 5 November 1850, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Nicolas was 46 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.