Benoni BOUCHER

Born

4 May 1802 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Died

9 November 1872 , Laurierville, Québec, Canada

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Louis BOUCHER Josephte COUTURE

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Born: 4 May 1802 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Father: Louis BOUCHER

Mother: Josephte COUTURE

Paternal grandparents: Michel BOUCHER , Geneviève BOULAY

Maternal grandparents: Charles COUTURE , Marie-Josephte GUAY

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Benoni married Felicite LECLERC 10 February 1824 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite LECLERC was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Felicite was the child of Ambroise LECLERC and Felicite BISIN.

Benoni BOUCHER died 9 November 1872 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .
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Boucher Heritage - Ceramic Mug

Sip your morning coffee in style with the Boucher Heritage Mug, a tribute to the rich legacy of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet, pioneers who embarked on a journey to New France from Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, France in 1630s.

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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Benoni BOUCHER married

Felicite LECLERC
Marriage date: 10 February 1824
Marriage place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Felicite LECLERC was the child of Ambroise LECLERC and Felicite BISIN

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Children of Benoni BOUCHER and Felicite LECLERC

Georges-Ferdinand BOUCHER

Born: 21 April 1838, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angélique PAQUET 29 January 1861

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Birth — 1802
4 May 1802
Saint-Henri, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Benoni BOUCHER and Felicite LECLERC 10 February 1824, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 21 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
Georges-Ferdinand BOUCHER was born 21 April 1838, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

Benoni was 35 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.