Louis BOUCHARD

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27 March 1781 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 February 1857 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Antoine BOUCHARD Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Born: 27 March 1781 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine BOUCHARD

Mother: Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Jeanne GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Étienne TREMBLAY , Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

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

Louis married Geneviève TREMBLAY 14 November 1803 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Geneviève TREMBLAY was born 5 January 1781 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Geneviève died 29 December 1867 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Geneviève was the child of Michel-David TREMBLAY and Marie DEMEULES.

Louis BOUCHARD died 12 February 1857 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Spouse & Children of Louis BOUCHARD

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Louis BOUCHARD married

Geneviève TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 14 November 1803
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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Geneviève TREMBLAY was the child of Michel-David TREMBLAY and Marie DEMEULES

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Children of Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY

Genevieve BOUCHARD

Born: 6 December 1804, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 14 December 1804, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Thomas BOUCHARD

Born: 18 December 1805, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 18 November 1897, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Josephe TREMBLAY 12 January 1830 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Hubert BOUCHARD

Born: 24 May 1807, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 3 December 1809, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Etienne BOUCHARD

Born: 26 December 1808, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 19 May 1896, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilie TREMBLAY 1 February 1831 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Paul BOUCHARD

Born: 7 June 1811, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 25 March 1890, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Eugenie POTVIN 20 April 1841 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Genevieve BOUCHARD

Born: 2 January 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 6 January 1893, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Abraham TREMBLAY 1 February 1831 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Louise BOUCHARD

Born: 15 November 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Raphael BOUCHARD

Born: 10 November 1816, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 19 November 1898, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Michel BOUCHARD

Born: 28 September 1818, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 12 September 1888, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Balsamie (Belzémire) BOUCHARD

Born: 8 September 1820, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 24 October 1903, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Seraphine BOUCHARD

Born: 2 March 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 13 March 1874, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Hippolyte AUDET dit LAPOINTE 11 February 1840 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ombeline BOUCHARD

Born: 2 July 1825, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Leon LECLERC 30 January 1844 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Gedeon BOUCHARD

Born: 16 May 1827, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 28 January 1904, Charlotte, Monroe, New York, USA

Zosime BOUCHARD

Born: 3 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 27 February 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Birth — 1781
27 March 1781
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOUCHARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY 14 November 1803, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 22 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Genevieve BOUCHARD was born 6 December 1804, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 23 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Thomas BOUCHARD was born 18 December 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 24 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Hubert BOUCHARD was born 24 May 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 26 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD was born 26 December 1808, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 27 years old.

1809 Death of Child
Hubert BOUCHARD died 3 December 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 28 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Paul BOUCHARD was born 7 June 1811, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 30 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Genevieve BOUCHARD was born 2 January 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 31 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BOUCHARD was born 15 November 1814, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 33 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Raphael BOUCHARD was born 10 November 1816, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 35 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Michel BOUCHARD was born 28 September 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 37 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Balsamie (Belzémire) BOUCHARD was born 8 September 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 39 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Seraphine BOUCHARD was born 2 March 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 41 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Ombeline BOUCHARD was born 2 July 1825, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 44 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Gedeon BOUCHARD was born 16 May 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 46 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Zosime BOUCHARD was born 3 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 48 years old.

1830 Marriage of Child
Thomas BOUCHARD married 12 January 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Josephe TREMBLAY

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Etienne BOUCHARD married 1 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Emilie TREMBLAY

1831 Marriage of Child
Genevieve BOUCHARD married 1 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Abraham TREMBLAY

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Seraphine BOUCHARD married 11 February 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Hippolyte AUDET dit LAPOINTE

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Marriage of Child
Paul BOUCHARD married 20 April 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Eugenie POTVIN

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Ombeline BOUCHARD married 30 January 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Leon LECLERC

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.

1856 Death of Child
Zosime BOUCHARD died 27 February 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 74 years old.

Death — 1857
12 February 1857
Les Éboulements, Canada East
He died at the age of 75.

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