Dosithee GIRARD

(b. 11 April 1826 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1871 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Dosithee GIRARD was born 11 April 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Dosithee GIRARD was the child of Joseph-Marie GIRARD and Rosalie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier GIRARD and Modeste TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis-Julien TREMBLAY and Emerentienne LAVOIE

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Dosithee married Benjamin GIRARD 12 August 1851 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Benjamin GIRARD was born 2 March 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Benjamin died 20 December 1903 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Benjamin was the child of François GIRARD and Josephte GAUTHIER.

Dosithee GIRARD died 13 March 1871 in Chicoutimi, 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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Dosithee GIRARD married

Benjamin GIRARD-- Date: 12 August 1851 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Benjamin GIRARD was the child of François GIRARD and Josephte GAUTHIER

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Children of Benjamin GIRARD and Dosithee GIRARD:

Virginie GIRARD (b.abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Alfred TREMBLAY 19 May 1879 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Marie GIRARD (b.abt. 1869, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marc-Delphis TREMBLAY 7 August 1888 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1826 Birth
11 April 1826
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Dosithee GIRARD and Benjamin GIRARD 12 August 1851, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

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.