Michel GIRARD

(b. 14 March 1789 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 August 1868 , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada )

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Michel GIRARD was born 14 March 1789 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GIRARD was the child of Joseph GIRARD and Charlotte BISSONNET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GIRARD and Marie-Anne PROVOST (maternal) Michel BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Josephte SENÉCAL

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

Michel married Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS 14 November 1808 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS was born 21 January 1792 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Louise died 16 March 1860 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise-Marguerite JODOIN.

Michel GIRARD died 15 August 1868 in Saint-Valentin, 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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Michel GIRARD married

Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS-- Date: 14 November 1808 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS was the child of Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise-Marguerite JODOIN

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Children of Michel GIRARD and Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS:

Marie-Celeste GIRARD (b.13 September 1813, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 10 September 1865, Saint-Valentin, Canada East)
m. Julien GAUDREAU 8 February 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1789 Birth
14 March 1789
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Michel GIRARD and Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS 14 November 1808, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 19 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Marie-Celeste GIRARD was born 13 September 1813, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Michel was 24 years old.

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie-Celeste GIRARD married 8 February 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Julien GAUDREAU

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.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS died 16 March 1860, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Marie-Celeste GIRARD died 10 September 1865, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Michel was 76 years old.

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.