Joseph Boucher (1736 - abt. 1786)

Born 26 Jan 1736 in Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothée Paradis — married 23 Aug 1756 in Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 4 May 1786 at about age 50 in Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec

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Biography

Joseph Boucher served with French-Canadians Rendering Aid during the American Revolution.

Joseph was born about 1736. Joseph Boucher ... He passed away about 1786.^[1]

married 23 Aug 1756 ^[2]

From, “Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776 Michael Gabriel, Editor

Kamouraska

Parish priest Mr [Joseph-Amable] Trutau [Trutaut]. Tuesday, July 16.

The militia assembled at 8:00 A.M.

Dismissal of Alexandre Dionne, capt., Joseph Boucher, Liet., Alexis Nadeau, ensign, all officers from the First Company commissioned by General Carleton. We have discharged them for reasons that we shall give later.

...last fall, Capt. Alexandre Dionne behaved as a zealous subject of the government. He marched to Pointe Lévy with several young men (including Nadeau) according to orders that he had received to help the town [Quebec], but was unable to cross [the St. Lawrence River] because all the canoes had already been removed by the town’s people. This winter, he marched under the orders of Mr. Beaujeu at the head of more than 30 men from this parish. Since that time, he has had the weakness to carry out the rebels’ orders and had his subordinate officers and sergeants do the same in obedience to Bazil Dubé. In their service, he had signal fires tended and guarded, sent the search party for Mr Riverin’s mare on the orders of Bazil Dubé, and had two letters delivered to pilots on the lower coast. In short, he has done all that he was asked. He is even accused of having pledged a loyalty oath to the said Bazil Dubé. All these reasons considered, we have dismissed him, as well as his subordinates.

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-F999-H?cc=1321742&wc=9RLX-W3N%3A21602701%2C21602702%2C23800203 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska > Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska > Index 1727-1877 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1727-1772 > image 417 of 594; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• Les vielles familles d'Yamachiche: vingt-cinq généalogies, v. 3

• Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots

• Gabriel, Michael P., Ed. "Québec During The American Invasion, 1775-1776: The Journal of François Baby, Gabriel Taschereau, & Jenkin Williams." Michigan State University Press: East Langsing, MI, 2005:113-114

• tree https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Boucher_Joseph&pid=85720

• PRDH https://www.prdh-igd.com/Gratuit/fr/PRDH/Liste/Couple?nh=boucher&ph=joseph&nf=paradis&pf=dorothee&r=True&pg=1