Pierre BOUCHER
1762 - Aft 1815 (~ 64 years)-
Name Pierre BOUCHER [1] Birth Between 1752 and 1762 Louisbourg, Île Royale 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Death Aft 1815 [5] Person ID I3461 King Gardner Genealogy Last Modified 11 Mar 2023
Father Honoré BOUCHER DIT VILLEDIEU, b. Abt 1716, Port Toulouse, Île Royale d. Between 1763 and 1767 (Age ~ 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Marie-Anne MARRES DIT LA SONDE, b. Abt 1728, Port Toulouse, Île Royale d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Marriage Abt 1743 Port Toulouse, Île Royale Family ID F948 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dorothée BOUDROT, b. UNKNOWN d. UNKNOWN Marriage UNKNOWN Children 1. Joseph BOUCHER, b. Abt 1793, Cap Auguet, Isle Madame, Richmond County, Nova Scotia d. 18 Aug 1880, Cap Auguet, Isle Madame, Richmond County, Nova Scotia (Age ~ 87 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F2346 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Mar 2023
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Notes - Stephen A White's article Fondateurs de la Paroisse d'Arichat Cap-Breton identifies Paul Girouard as the husband of Angélique Boucher, daughter of Honoré Boucher and Marie-Anne Marres dit La Sonde, and as the brother-in-law of Pierre Boucher. So, Pierre Boucher is the son of Honoré Boucher and Marie-Anne Marres dit La Sonde.
There are Petitions from Pierre Bouche in 1811 and from Peter Boucher Sr in 1815:
1811 Petition: Petition to Nepean: Petitioner, age 50, was born in Louisbourg, has resided the past 27 years at Arichat. He is married and has six children. He asks a title to a lot of twelve acres on the southern side of Arichat Harbour, on which he resides. Note: complied with. Report of Crawley to Clarke: 13 acres on Arichat Harbour. Plan.
1815 Petition: Petition to Fitzherbert: Petitioner, age 51, a native of the island, has a wife and five children. He has received a small fish lot of thirteen acres. He asks land in the cove at the grand entrance to Arichat Harbour. Note: complied with.
One of Pierre Boucher's children may have died between the 1811 and 1815 Petitions.
In the 1811 Census of Arichat, there is a Peter Bouche Senior with 2 Males 14 to 60 (one is Pierre Boucher), 3 Females 14 to 60 (one is Dorothée Boudrot), and 3 Unmarried Males and Females. There are no Males or Females under 14. There is a Peter Bouche Junior immediately following Peter Bouche Senior who must be his son. This accounts for 4 of the 5 or 6 Pierre Boucher children.
In the 1813 Militia Roll for Arichat, Peter Bouche age 60 resides with 1 Woman and 2 Girls. Immediately below Peter Bouche age 60 are listed 5 Bouche's: Joseph age 20, Simon age 30, Peter age 30, Peter age 28, and Joseph age 38. Some of these 5 Bouche's (likely one of the Peter's, one of the Joseph's, and Simon) are sons of John Boucher, Pierre's deceased brother. So, one of the Peter's and one of the Joseph's (most likely the youngest Joseph who is not married) are Peter Bouche's sons. These 2 sons and the 2 Girls residing with Peter Bouche account for 4 of the 5 or 6 Pierre Boucher children.
It's possible the 1 or 2 children unaccounted for are married daughters.
In his Petitions and the 1813 Militia Roll, Pierre Boucher's age implies the following years of birth:
1811 Petition: age 50 implying a year of birth about 1761
1813 Militia Roll: age 60 implying a year of birth about 1753
1815 Petition: age 51 implying a year of birth about 1764
In his 1811 Petition, PIerre Boucher states he was born in Louisbourg. But, Louisbourg was beseiged and finally captured in July 1758, and then destroyed in 1760. So it seems unlikely, if Pierre were born in the early 1760's, he was born in Louisbourg. Also, Pierre's sister Apollonie was born on December 25, 1763 and baptized on August 25, 1771. As Pierre was not baptized at the same time as Apollonie, it is likely he was born before her. The available Louisbourg Parish baptisms between 1752 and 1758 (when they end) have no record of the baptism of a Pierre Boucher.
- Stephen A White's article Fondateurs de la Paroisse d'Arichat Cap-Breton identifies Paul Girouard as the husband of Angélique Boucher, daughter of Honoré Boucher and Marie-Anne Marres dit La Sonde, and as the brother-in-law of Pierre Boucher. So, Pierre Boucher is the son of Honoré Boucher and Marie-Anne Marres dit La Sonde.
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Sources - [S1821] Stephen A White, Fondateurs de la Paroisse d'Arichat Cap-Breton, (Location: Les Cahiers de La Société historique acadienne; Date: 1992 Vol 23 No 1;), 55/ P Girraware.
States Paul Girouard is the brother-in-law ("beau-frere") of Pierre Boucher. As Paul Girouard married Angélique Boucher, daughter of Honoré Boucher and Marie-Anne Marres dit La Sonde; Pierre Boucher is also their son - [S632] Land Petitions for Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1787-1843 (Transcript).
1811 Land Petition from Pierre Boucher states his place of birth as Louisbourg. However, there is no Baptism of a Pierre Boucher in the Louisbourg Parish records. Also see Notes for Pierre Boucher regarding evidence for his birth. Source for place of birth - [S1736] Sieur De La Roque, 1752 Census of Île Royale, (Location: MIKAN No. 2319433;), Page/Item 024 of 248.
Records Honore Boucher age 36 native of la Cadie 30 years in the colony, wife Marie Anne La Sonde age 24 native of Port Toulouse, and children Bellony age 8, Jean age 2, and Marie Joseph age 4; residing Port Toulouse. Pierre is not recorded indicating he was born after the 1752 Census. Source for approximate year of birth - [S805] Stephen A White, Registre de L'Abbé Charles-François Bailly (Transcript), Transcript Page 100.
Baptism of Appollonie "25 decembre 1763", daughter of Honore Bouche and Marie Anne la Sonde. If brother Pierre Boucher had been born at the same time or after his sister Appollonie Boucher, he should be baptized at the same time as Appollonie Boucher. Source for approximate year of birth - [S632] Land Petitions for Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1787-1843 (Transcript).
1815 Land Petition from Peter Boucher Sr of Arichat. Source for approximate year of death
- [S1821] Stephen A White, Fondateurs de la Paroisse d'Arichat Cap-Breton, (Location: Les Cahiers de La Société historique acadienne; Date: 1992 Vol 23 No 1;), 55/ P Girraware.