Louis-Antoine GIRARD

(b. 17 January 1747 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1809 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Antoine GIRARD was born 17 January 1747 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Louis-Antoine GIRARD was the child of Nicolas GIRARD and Marie-Françoise DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF (maternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Louis-Antoine married Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY 8 July 1770 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY was born 1 August 1751 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 25 May 1815 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Anne was the child of Joachim BUREAU and Josephte CARREAU.

Louis-Antoine GIRARD died 17 September 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Louis-Antoine GIRARD married

Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY-- Date: 8 July 1770 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY was the child of Joachim BUREAU and Josephte CARREAU

Children of Louis-Antoine GIRARD and Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY:

Louis GIRARD (b.27 August 1775, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite LOISELLE 29 September 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1747 Birth
17 January 1747
Les Éboulements, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Antoine GIRARD and Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY 8 July 1770, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Louis GIRARD was born 27 August 1775, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Antoine was 28 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Louis GIRARD married 29 September 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marguerite LOISELLE