Etienne GIRARD

(b. 1 August 1798 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1889 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Etienne GIRARD was born 1 August 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Etienne GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Procule LAVOIE (maternal) Louis-Marc BOIVIN and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Etienne married Marcelline DUFOUR 7 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marcelline DUFOUR was born 18 January 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marcelline died 25 March 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Marcelline was the child of Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR and Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD.

Etienne GIRARD died 17 December 1889 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Etienne GIRARD was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Etienne GIRARD married

Marcelline DUFOUR-- Date: 7 February 1832 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Marcelline DUFOUR was the child of Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR and Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD

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Children of Etienne GIRARD and Marcelline DUFOUR:

Marie GIRARD (b.31 August 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East d. , )
m. Gedeon TREMBLAY 6 November 1871 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 10 May 1917 in Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Emerentienne GIRARD (b.30 January 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Napoleon TREMBLAY 12 February 1872

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1798 Birth
1 August 1798
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Etienne GIRARD and Marcelline DUFOUR 7 February 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 33 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 31 August 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 47 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Emerentienne GIRARD was born 30 January 1850, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Etienne was 51 years old.

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 - 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.