Monique HARVEY

(b. 21 January 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 16 December 1889 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada )

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Monique HARVEY was born 21 January 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Monique HARVEY was the child of Louis HERVE (HARVEY) and Catherine PERRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HERVE (HARVEY) and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Isaac PERRON and Marie-Françoise THIBAULT

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

Monique married Francois-Xavier GIRARD 20 August 1833 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Xavier GIRARD was born 15 October 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Francois-Xavier died 18 December 1846 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Francois-Xavier was the child of François-Xavier GIRARD and Rosalie BONNEAU.

Monique HARVEY died 16 December 1889 in Jonquière, 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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Monique HARVEY married

Francois-Xavier GIRARD-- Date: 20 August 1833 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Francois-Xavier GIRARD was the child of François-Xavier GIRARD and Rosalie BONNEAU

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Children of Francois-Xavier GIRARD and Monique HARVEY:

Jean GIRARD (b.15 September 1834, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1899, Jonquière, Québec, Canada)
m. Emerentienne BOUCHARD 9 February 1858 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1812 Birth
21 January 1812
La Malbaie, 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage / Partner
Monique HARVEY and Francois-Xavier GIRARD 20 August 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 21 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Jean GIRARD was born 15 September 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Monique was 22 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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois-Xavier GIRARD died 18 December 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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 Marriage of Child
Jean GIRARD married 9 February 1858, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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.