Marie Caroline GIRARD

(b. 9 December 1825 , St-Pierre-de-La-Malbaie, Quebec, Canada d. 1 January 1871 , Barachois, Gaspé, Québec, Canada )

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Marie Caroline GIRARD was born 9 December 1825 in St-Pierre-de-La-Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

Marie Caroline GIRARD was the child of James GIRARD and Bridget MALONEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Guillaume GIRARD and Marie HENLEY (maternal) William MALONEY and Josephte BECKER (BAKER)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie Caroline married George COOMBS 4 September 1842 in Percé, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George COOMBS was born abt. 1820 in Jersey, Channel Islands, England. George died abt. 1850 in St-Pierre-de-la-Malbaie, Gaspé, Québec, Canada.

Marie Caroline GIRARD died 1 January 1871 in Barachois, Gaspé, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie Caroline GIRARD married

George COOMBS-- Date: 4 September 1842 Place: Percé, Québec, Canada

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Children of George COOMBS and Marie Caroline GIRARD:

Genevieve Jane COOMBS (b.21 March 1848, Barachois-de-Malbaie, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada d. 9 April 1896, Barachois-de-Malbaie, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre THIBAULT 13 March 1870

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1825 Birth
9 December 1825
St-Pierre-de-La-Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Marie Caroline GIRARD and George COOMBS 4 September 1842, Percé, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Genevieve Jane COOMBS was born 21 March 1848, Barachois-de-Malbaie, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

Marie Caroline was 22 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.