Isaie GIRARD

(b. 7 March 1821 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 9 February 1884 , La Baie, Québec, Canada )

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Isaie GIRARD was born 7 March 1821 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Isaie GIRARD was the child of Antoine GIRARD and Christine GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY (maternal) Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Isaie married Angele POTVIN 3 February 1845 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angele POTVIN was born 16 April 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Angele was the child of Michel-Archange POTVIN and Marie-Ursule LAVOIE.

Isaie GIRARD died 9 February 1884 in La Baie, 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 Isaie GIRARD

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Isaie GIRARD married

Angele POTVIN-- Date: 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Angele POTVIN was the child of Michel-Archange POTVIN and Marie-Ursule LAVOIE

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Children of Isaie GIRARD and Angele POTVIN:

Philomene GIRARD (b.abt. 1848, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. abt. 1867, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )
m. Barthelemy TREMBLAY 10 January 1866 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marie-Rose GIRARD (b.26 July 1853, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )
m. Georges TREMBLAY 5 April 1869 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Angele GIRARD (b.5 June 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 8 February 1875 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1821 Birth
7 March 1821
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Isaie GIRARD and Angele POTVIN 3 February 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose GIRARD was born 26 July 1853, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Isaie was 32 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Angele GIRARD was born 5 June 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Isaie was 36 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Philomene GIRARD married 10 January 1866, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Barthelemy TREMBLAY

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose GIRARD married 5 April 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Georges TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Angele GIRARD married 8 February 1875, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Louis TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)