Thérèse GIRARD

(b. 21 August 1776 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 June 1852 , La Malbaie, Canada East )

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Thérèse GIRARD was born 21 August 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Thérèse GIRARD was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA (maternal) Antoine BOUCHARD and Jeanne GAGNON

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

Thérèse married Laurent BRISSON 17 November 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Laurent BRISSON was born abt. 1776 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Laurent died 29 August 1853 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Laurent was the child of Ignace-Lazare BRISSON and Marie-Rosalie MARTEL.

Thérèse GIRARD died 25 June 1852 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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 Thérèse GIRARD

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Thérèse GIRARD married

Laurent BRISSON-- Date: 17 November 1801 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Laurent BRISSON was the child of Ignace-Lazare BRISSON and Marie-Rosalie MARTEL

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Children of Laurent BRISSON and Thérèse GIRARD:

Anne BRISSON (b.abt. 1803, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Francois DUCHESNE 29 July 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Flavie BRISSON (b.10 November 1810, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 August 1886, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 13 January 1835 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Basilisse BRISSON (b.1 September 1814, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 9 November 1836 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1776 Birth
21 August 1776
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse GIRARD and Laurent BRISSON 17 November 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 25 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Flavie BRISSON was born 10 November 1810, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thérèse was 34 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Basilisse BRISSON was born 1 September 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thérèse was 38 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.

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 of Child
Anne BRISSON married 29 July 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Francois DUCHESNE

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage of Child
Flavie BRISSON married 13 January 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis TREMBLAY

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Marriage of Child
Marie-Basilisse BRISSON married 9 November 1836, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Jean-Pepin MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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)