Joseph-Marc BOUCHER

Born

25 April 1804 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

21 February 1885 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada

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Born: 25 April 1804 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Parents of Joseph-Marc BOUCHER

Father

Pierre BOUCHER

Mother

Marie-Archange COUILLARD

Grandparents of Joseph-Marc BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents

Pierre BOUCHER Marie-Anne RICHARD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Romain COUILLARD Marie-Geneviève CARON

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

Joseph-Marc married Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN 8 February 1825 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN was born 19 December 1806 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . Marie-Euphrosine was the child of Isaac FORTIN and Marie-Euphrosine CARON.

Joseph-Marc BOUCHER died 21 February 1885 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Marc BOUCHER

Joseph-Marc BOUCHER married

Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN
Marriage date: 8 February 1825
Marriage place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN was the child of Isaac FORTIN and Marie-Euphrosine CARON

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Children of Joseph-Marc BOUCHER and Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN

Philomene BOUCHER

Born: 17 June 1838, L'Islet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois-Clovis KIROUAC 7 May 1867 Place: L'Islet, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1804
25 April 1804
L'Islet, 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marc BOUCHER and Marie-Euphrosine FORTIN 8 February 1825, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 20 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene BOUCHER was born 17 June 1838, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph-Marc was 34 years old.

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)

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 Marriage of Child
Philomene BOUCHER married 7 May 1867, L'Islet, Canada East to Francois-Clovis KIROUAC