flag female ancestor  Priscille  GIRARD

  (b. 22 June 1814 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 31 December 1896 Rimouski, Québec, Canada )  

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Priscille GIRARD was born 22 June 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Priscille GIRARD was the child of Jerome GIRARD   and   Sophie SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Agapit GIRARD and Rose MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal)  Alexis SIMARD and Suzanne PERRON

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Priscille  married  Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD 15 April 1834 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD  was born 18 April 1807 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).  Louis-Theophile died 14 February 1890 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Louis-Theophile was the child of Charlemagne CHOUINARD and Perpetue MIGNEAULT.

Priscille GIRARD died 31 December 1896 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Priscille GIRARD

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Priscille GIRARD married flag male ancestor Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD-- Date: 15 April 1834 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD was the child of Charlemagne CHOUINARD and Perpetue MIGNEAULT




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Children of Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD and Priscille GIRARD:

flag female ancestor Marie-Lumina CHOUINARD (b.23 February 1839, Kamouraska, Lower Canada   d. , )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 8 September 1857



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birth1814 Birth
22 June 1814
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1834 Marriage / Partner
Priscille GIRARD and Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD 15 April 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 19 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Birth of Child
Marie-Lumina CHOUINARD was born 23 February 1839, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Priscille was 24 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD died 14 February 1890, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1896 Death
31 December 1896
Rimouski, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 82.
Added: 7/8/2024 9:14:30 AM - Updated: 7/8/2024 9:15:45 AM

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