Marie-Luce GIRARD

(b. 6 May 1807 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 31 May 1879 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Luce GIRARD was born 6 May 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie-Luce GIRARD was the child of Elie-Elisee GIRARD and Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY (maternal) Francois TREMBLAY and Cecile BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

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

Marie-Luce married Jerome FORTIN 9 January 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jerome FORTIN was born 20 April 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jerome died 21 January 1880 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Jerome was the child of Jacques FORTIN and Judith TREMBLAY.

Marie-Luce GIRARD died 31 May 1879 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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 Marie-Luce GIRARD

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Marie-Luce GIRARD married

Jerome FORTIN-- Date: 9 January 1827 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Jerome FORTIN was the child of Jacques FORTIN and Judith TREMBLAY

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Children of Jerome FORTIN and Marie-Luce GIRARD:

Dina FORTIN (b.29 November 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1922, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Severin TREMBLAY 15 February 1858 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Edith FORTIN (b.abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 May 1871, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Napoleon TREMBLAY 15 February 1858

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1807 Birth
6 May 1807
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Luce GIRARD and Jerome FORTIN 9 January 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 19 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Dina FORTIN was born 29 November 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marie-Luce was 25 years old.

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.

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 Marriage of Child
Dina FORTIN married 15 February 1858, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Severin TREMBLAY

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.