Claude BOUCHARD

(b. 17 February 1743 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1811 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Claude BOUCHARD was born 17 February 1743 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Claude BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BOUCHARD and Anne-Marguerite SIMARD (maternal) Joseph-Simon SAVARD and Marie-Josephte MOREL

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Claude married Geneviève DESGAGNES 27 July 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Geneviève DESGAGNES was born 27 June 1737 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 27 January 1811 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Geneviève was the child of Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES and Madeleine ROYER.

Claude BOUCHARD died 26 October 1811 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Claude BOUCHARD married

Geneviève DESGAGNES-- Date: 27 July 1766 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève DESGAGNES was the child of Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES and Madeleine ROYER

Children of Claude BOUCHARD and Geneviève DESGAGNES:

Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD (b.24 January 1768, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 May 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Guillaume BILODEAU 15 January 1787 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Julie BOUCHARD (b.3 June 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 September 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Pierre HERVE (HARVEY) 26 April 1790 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Felicite BOUCHARD (b.2 February 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 December 1856, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Pierre-Joseph-Andre AUDET dit LAPOINTE 7 November 1791 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Henri BOUCHARD (b.5 August 1777, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 November 1841, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Constance GAGNON 25 July 1797 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1743 Birth
17 February 1743
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Claude BOUCHARD and Geneviève DESGAGNES 27 July 1766 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD was born 24 January 1768, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claude was 24 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Julie BOUCHARD was born 3 June 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claude was 29 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Felicite BOUCHARD was born 2 February 1775, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claude was 31 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Henri BOUCHARD was born 5 August 1777, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Claude was 34 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte BOUCHARD married 15 January 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Guillaume BILODEAU

1790 Marriage of Child
Julie BOUCHARD married 26 April 1790, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis-Pierre HERVE (HARVEY)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Felicite BOUCHARD married 7 November 1791, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Pierre-Joseph-Andre AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Henri BOUCHARD married 25 July 1797, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Constance GAGNON

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