flag male ancestor  Ferdinand  GALARNEAU

  (b. 20 September 1826 Cap-Santé, Lower Canada   d. 8 September 1904 St-Malo, Quebec, Canada )  

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Ferdinand GALARNEAU was born 20 September 1826 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Ferdinand GALARNEAU was the child of Francois-Xavier GALARNEAU   and   Louise MOTARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Francois GALARNEAU and Angelique BRIERE (maternal)  Augustin MOTARD dit LAMOTHE and Judith PICHÉ

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

Ferdinand  married  Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN) 14 October 1845 in Québec, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN)  was born abt. 1824 in Ireland.  Marie Ann died 2 March 1877 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. 

Ferdinand GALARNEAU died 8 September 1904 in St-Malo, Quebec, 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 Ferdinand GALARNEAU

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Ferdinand GALARNEAU married immigrant flag female ancestor Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN)-- Date: 14 October 1845 Place: Québec, Canada East
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Children of Ferdinand GALARNEAU and Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN):

flag female ancestor Sara Sophie GALARNEAU (b.3 April 1853, St-Catherine, Quebec, Canada  d. 19 May 1933, Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie, Québec, QC, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 14 July 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)



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birth1826 Birth
20 September 1826
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
marriage1845 Marriage / Partner
Ferdinand GALARNEAU and Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN) 14 October 1845, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 19 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Birth of Child
Sara Sophie GALARNEAU was born 3 April 1853, St-Catherine, Quebec, Canada

Ferdinand was 26 years old.
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
marriage1873 Marriage of Child
Sara Sophie GALARNEAU married 14 July 1873, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) to Louis TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Ann HOLLAND (HOLLEN) died 2 March 1877, Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, 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.
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
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1904 Death
8 September 1904
St-Malo, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.
Added: 5/12/2025 5:24:36 PM - Updated: 5/12/2025 5:27:52 PM

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