Placide BOUCHARD

(b. 3 March 1825 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. January 1867 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Placide BOUCHARD was born 3 March 1825 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Placide BOUCHARD was the child of André BOUCHARD and Athalie COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Bernard BOUCHARD and Felicite TREMBLAY (maternal) Joseph COTE and Elisabeth SIMARD

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Placide married Gedeon BOUCHARD 11 September 1848 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gedeon BOUCHARD was born 10 October 1827 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Gedeon died 29 January 1907 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Gedeon was the child of Leon BOUCHARD and Marie BOUCHARD.

Placide BOUCHARD died January 1867 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 Placide BOUCHARD

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Placide BOUCHARD married

Gedeon BOUCHARD-- Date: 11 September 1848 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Gedeon BOUCHARD was the child of Leon BOUCHARD and Marie BOUCHARD

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Children of Gedeon BOUCHARD and Placide BOUCHARD:

Georgianna BOUCHARD (b.4 June 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. , )
m. Cleophas TREMBLAY 5 April 1869 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
m. Pierre VILLENEUVE 21 March 1898

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1825 Birth
3 March 1825
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Placide BOUCHARD and Gedeon BOUCHARD 11 September 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Georgianna BOUCHARD was born 4 June 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Placide was 24 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)