Joseph GIRARD

(b. 21 March 1731 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1810 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GIRARD was born 21 March 1731 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Joseph GIRARD was the child of Francois GIRARD (GIRARDIN) and Marie-Renee LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GIRARDIN and Dorothee RANCIN (maternal) Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne HULIN

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

Joseph married Marguerite BOUTIN 20 July 1756 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BOUTIN was born 1 May 1735 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marguerite died 20 April 1811 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marguerite was the child of Gabriel BOUTIN and Marie-Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER).

Joseph GIRARD died 23 January 1810 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Joseph GIRARD married

Marguerite BOUTIN-- Date: 20 July 1756 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Marguerite BOUTIN was the child of Gabriel BOUTIN and Marie-Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

Children of Joseph GIRARD and Marguerite BOUTIN:

Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD (b.11 October 1759, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 12 October 1843, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East )
m. Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME 5 May 1777 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1731 Birth
21 March 1731
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GIRARD and Marguerite BOUTIN 20 July 1756, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 25 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD was born 11 October 1759, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD married 5 May 1777, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME

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)