Praxcede Joseph Boucher (1874 - 1951)

Born 11 Jan 1874 in St Romuald, d'Etchemin, PQ. Canada.

Ancestors

Husband of Anne-Marie Eva (Bergeron) Boucher — married 10 Jul 1899 in Precious Blood, Holyoke, Ma. USA.

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1951 at age 77 in Aldenville-Chicopee, Ma.

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Biography

'"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVNJ-WRK : 18 November 2014), Victor Boucher in household of Victor Boucher, St-Romuald, Lévis, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 23; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13193, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,829. Household ID 979998 Digital Folder Number 4463245 Image Number 00194 GS Film number 1375829 :: Date: JAN 1874^[1] Praxede was born in 1876. He passed away in 1951.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S34 TMPLT FIELD Name: CivilDivision FIELD Name: ED FIELD Name: PageID FIELD Name: HouseholdID FIELD Name: Person FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate

• Grandson Jack Perreault
• Great grandparents Victor and Elize oldest child my grandfather Praxede Boucher born on 7/10/1876 in St Romauld. He married a taller Eva nee Bergeron at the Precious Blood church in Holyoke. Eva was a childhood friend. Praxede DOB 1/11/1874, came to the US with his parents 1893 at the age of nineteen, and became naturalized in 1904. Eva had arrived with her family two years prior at fifteen. They originally settled in an apartment in Holyoke with family members, but later purchased a home in Aldenville where they raised a family of nine children. Praxede worked as a tool maker for New England Westinghouse and later as a machinist for Fiske Rubber Co. a division of US Rubber. He retired for medical reasons in 1943. Praxede died on 1/19/1951 in Aldenville of a sudden heart attack at age seventy seven. Three priests officiated at his funeral including his cousin Reverend Harvey Pilotte. Praxede and Eva after retirement wintered in Florida in the Fort Lauderdale area. Praxede smoked a pipe and puffed smoke into his children’s ears to cure earaches. Praxede on occasion chewed tobacco and used a brass spittoon, which he kept very shiny. He always wore a starched white shirt and tie.

Victor Boucher Head M 50 Canada Fr Elise Boucher Wife F 51 Canada Fr Praixcede Boucher Son M 26 Canada Fr Joseph Boucher Son M 18 Canada Fr Estella Boucher Daughter F 22 Canada Fr CITING THIS RECORD

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RJ-D8V : 6 March 2015), Joseph Boucher in household of Victor Boucher, Holyoke city Ward 2, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 21A, family 382, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,650.

UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1900 District 530 Sheet Number and Letter 21A Household ID 382 Line Number 12 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number T623 GS Film Number 1240650 Digital Folder Number 004113835 Image Number 00526