flag female ancestor  Modeste  GIRARD

  (b. 6 July 1805 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 5 September 1874 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )  

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Modeste GIRARD was born 6 July 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Modeste GIRARD was the child of Alexis GIRARD   and   Marie-Josephe TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Augustin GIRARD and Geneviève GUAY (CASTONGUAY) (maternal)  Pierre-Honore TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephe TREMBLAY

Modeste GIRARD died 5 September 1874 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1805 Birth
6 July 1805
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1874 Death
5 September 1874
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 69.
Added: 1/23/2024 11:14:45 PM - Updated: 1/23/2024 11:14:45 PM

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