Suzanne DUCHESNE

(b. 17 April 1806 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1878 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Suzanne DUCHESNE was born 17 April 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Suzanne DUCHESNE was the child of Jean DUCHESNE and Marie THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE and Francoise FILION (maternal) André THIBAULT and Agathe SIMARD

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

Suzanne married Laurent GIRARD 10 July 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent GIRARD was born 4 October 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Laurent died 7 August 1854 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Laurent was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN.

Suzanne DUCHESNE died 23 January 1878 in La Malbaie, 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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Suzanne DUCHESNE married

Laurent GIRARD-- Date: 10 July 1827 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Laurent GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN

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Children of Laurent GIRARD and Suzanne DUCHESNE:

Adelaide GIRARD (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Theodule TREMBLAY 2 August 1853 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1806 Birth
17 April 1806
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
Suzanne DUCHESNE and Laurent GIRARD 10 July 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

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)

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GIRARD married 2 August 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Theodule TREMBLAY

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent GIRARD died 7 August 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.