Clarisse GIRARD

(b. 12 September 1832 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1919 , Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada )

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Clarisse GIRARD was born 12 September 1832 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Clarisse GIRARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Marie BOUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marcel GIRARD and Julienne TREMBLAY (maternal) Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD

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

Clarisse married Joseph GOSSELIN 23 February 1852 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOSSELIN was born 10 October 1830 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Josephte MARTEL.

Clarisse GIRARD died 25 January 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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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Clarisse GIRARD married

Joseph GOSSELIN-- Date: 23 February 1852 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Joseph GOSSELIN was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Josephte MARTEL

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Children of Joseph GOSSELIN and Clarisse GIRARD:

Virginie GOSSELIN (b.20 October 1854, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 29 January 1877, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Mederic TREMBLAY 4 November 1873 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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1832 Birth
12 September 1832
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Clarisse GIRARD and Joseph GOSSELIN 23 February 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 19 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Virginie GOSSELIN was born 20 October 1854, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Clarisse was 22 years old.

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.

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.

1873 Marriage of Child
Virginie GOSSELIN married 4 November 1873, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Mederic TREMBLAY

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

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

1877 Death of Child
Virginie GOSSELIN died 29 January 1877, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Clarisse was 44 years old.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1919 Death
25 January 1919
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

She died at the age of 86.

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