Marie was the 26 year old daughter of the widow Josephine Simard, 60, and lived next door to Nazaire Bouchard in 1881.2120

On the 1851 Census of Laterriere, Quebec, Nazaire Bouchard was a 39 year old farmer, born in Baie-Saint-Paul who lived with his wife Alexandrine McKay, 33, and children Marie, 10, Francois, 8, Délima, 6, Alfred, 3, and Lucine, 2.2169On the 1861 Census of Laterriere, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Nazaire Bouchard, a 49 year old farmer lived with his second wife, Alexandriene Mackay, 43, Francois, 16, Délima, 15, Luce, 11, Philomène, 7, Hypolite, 3, and Louis, 2. All had been born in Canada. Marie, who would have been 19 and Alfred, who would have been 13, no longer lived with their parents and siblings. 2168,1849 On the 1871 Census of Hébertville, Chicoutimi, Quebec Nazaire Bouchard ,a 60 year old farmer, lived with his wife Alexandrine, 56, Délima, 26, Philoméne, 16, Hippolyte, and 13, Louis, 12. All were born in Quebec. François, who would have been 26 no longer lived with them.2170 On the 1881 Census of Kenogami, Chicoutimi & Saguenay Nazaire was a 72 year old Catholic farmer born in Quebec who lived with Alexandrine, 67, Hypolite, 24, Louis, 22, and Dilema Morin, 34, her husband Joseph Morin, 25 and their son Louis Morin, 2 months. Francois, Lucine, and Philomène no longer lived at home.2120