Joseph BOUCHARD

Born

7 January 1718 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Died

20 September 1803 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

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Antoine BOUCHARD Madeleine SIMARD

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Born: 7 January 1718 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine BOUCHARD

Mother: Madeleine SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT , Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

Maternal grandparents: Noel SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE , Marie-Madeleine RACINE

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Joseph married Marie-Françoise FORTIN 14 November 1746 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Françoise FORTIN was born 27 August 1727 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 13 March 1783 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Françoise was the child of François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Joseph BOUCHARD died 20 September 1803 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower 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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Marie-Françoise FORTIN
Marriage date: 14 November 1746
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Françoise FORTIN was the child of François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Children of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Françoise FORTIN

Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Born: 25 August 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 16 October 1785, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Etienne-Gaspard TREMBLAY 17 November 1768 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD

Born: 30 January 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Genevieve THERRIEN 25 September 1780 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Josephte-Angélique BOUCHARD

Born: 24 August 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 3 July 1796, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Dominique SIMARD 9 November 1777 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Noel BOUCHARD

Born: 11 September 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 3 July 1833, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Madeleine SIMARD 8 January 1780 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph-Louis-Antoine BOUCHARD

Born: 16 October 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY 27 January 1777 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Madeleine BOUCHARD

Born: 3 December 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 28 August 1824, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Jacques-Sebastien SIMARD 17 January 1785 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Procule BOUCHARD

Born: abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 August 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Louis GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) 14 October 1782 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD

Born: 29 April 1764, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 April 1848, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East

Married: Constance BOUCHARD 1 February 1802 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René BOUCHARD

Born: 7 October 1767, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 21 June 1855, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Felicite TREMBLAY 15 November 1796 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1718
7 January 1718
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Françoise FORTIN 14 November 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was born 25 August 1747, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD was born 30 January 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 34 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Josephte-Angélique BOUCHARD was born 24 August 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 36 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Noel BOUCHARD was born 11 September 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 38 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Joseph-Louis-Antoine BOUCHARD was born 16 October 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Madeleine BOUCHARD was born 3 December 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Birth of Child
Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD was born 29 April 1764, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 46 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
René BOUCHARD was born 7 October 1767, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 49 years old.

1768 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne BOUCHARD married 17 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Etienne-Gaspard TREMBLAY

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1777 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Louis-Antoine BOUCHARD married 27 January 1777 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY

1777 Marriage of Child
Josephte-Angélique BOUCHARD married 9 November 1777, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Dominique SIMARD

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Noel BOUCHARD married 8 January 1780, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Madeleine SIMARD

1780 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD married 25 September 1780, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Genevieve THERRIEN

1782 Marriage of Child
Procule BOUCHARD married 14 October 1782, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)

1783 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise FORTIN died 13 March 1783, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BOUCHARD married 17 January 1785, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Louis-Jacques-Sebastien SIMARD

1785 Death of Child
Emerentienne BOUCHARD died 16 October 1785, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 67 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Death of Child
Josephte-Angélique BOUCHARD died 3 July 1796, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Joseph was 78 years old.

1796 Marriage of Child
René BOUCHARD married 15 November 1796, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Felicite TREMBLAY

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Francois BOUCHARD married 1 February 1802, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Constance BOUCHARD

Death — 1803
20 September 1803
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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