Joseph GARAND

(b. 2 March 1794 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 23 March 1876 , Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GARAND was born 2 March 1794 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Joseph GARAND was the child of Nicolas GARAND and Marie-Anne VIAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GARAND and Anne MONTMINY (maternal) Jacques-François VIAU and Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ

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

Joseph married Marie TREMBLAY 31 July 1815 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie TREMBLAY was born 5 January 1799 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie died 1 October 1852 in St-Rémi-de-Lasalle, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON.

Joseph GARAND died 23 March 1876 in Saint-Rémi, 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.

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Family and Children of Joseph GARAND

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Joseph GARAND married

Marie TREMBLAY-- Date: 31 July 1815 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON

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Children of Joseph GARAND and Marie TREMBLAY:

Marie-Euphemie GARAND (b.abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 February 1899, St-Michel-Archange de Napierville, Québec, Canada)

Joseph GARAND (b.26 March 1819, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. , )

Isaie GARAND (b.2 April 1821, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. 14 September 1897, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

René GARAND (b.8 September 1823, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. , )

Godefroy GARAND (b.2 November 1827, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. 5 June 1905, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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1794 Birth
2 March 1794
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GARAND and Marie TREMBLAY 31 July 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Joseph GARAND was born 26 March 1819, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Isaie GARAND was born 2 April 1821, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 27 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
René GARAND was born 8 September 1823, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Godefroy GARAND was born 2 November 1827, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 33 years old.

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

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie TREMBLAY died 1 October 1852, St-Rémi-de-Lasalle, Canada

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.