Noel BOUCHARD

Born

24 October 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

8 January 1868 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Louis BOUCHARD Felicte FORTIN

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Born: 24 October 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis BOUCHARD

Mother: Felicte FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Louis BOUCHARD , Marie-Anne FORTIN

Maternal grandparents: Moise FORTIN , Julie SIMARD

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Noel married Mathilde FORTIN 12 January 1847 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde FORTIN was born 18 April 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Mathilde died 13 January 1914 in Ste-Hedwidge, Lac-St-Jean-Ouest, Quebec, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Bernard FORTIN and Marie-Antoinette POTVIN.

Noel BOUCHARD died 8 January 1868 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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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Noel BOUCHARD married

Mathilde FORTIN
Marriage date: 12 January 1847
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Mathilde FORTIN was the child of Bernard FORTIN and Marie-Antoinette POTVIN

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Children of Noel BOUCHARD and Mathilde FORTIN

Marie BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Didier TREMBLAY 17 February 1873 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1823
24 October 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Noel BOUCHARD and Mathilde FORTIN 12 January 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 23 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.