François GIRARD

(b. 27 April 1789 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 August 1873 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )

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François GIRARD was born 27 April 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

François GIRARD was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA (maternal) Basile TREMBLAY and Marie-Françoise THERRIEN

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

François married Catherine SOURDIVES 15 November 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine SOURDIVES was born 12 May 1800 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Catherine died 21 July 1841 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOURDIVES and Ursule TREMBLAY.

François GIRARD died 14 August 1873 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada .

m. Catherine Sourdives
Les Éboulements, 15 nov 1824

m. Cyrille Bonneau
2 août 1842
Baie-St-Paul, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

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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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Family and Children of François GIRARD

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François GIRARD married

Catherine SOURDIVES-- Date: 15 November 1824 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Catherine SOURDIVES was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOURDIVES and Ursule TREMBLAY

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Children of François GIRARD and Catherine SOURDIVES:

Zoe GIRARD (b.15 October 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 11 May 1863 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1789 Birth
27 April 1789
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
François GIRARD and Catherine SOURDIVES 15 November 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 35 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Zoe GIRARD was born 15 October 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François was 40 years old.

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine SOURDIVES died 21 July 1841, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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)

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Zoe GIRARD married 11 May 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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.