Michel GIRARD

(b. abt. 1707 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 May 1772 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* )

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Michel GIRARD was born abt. 1707 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel GIRARD was the child of François GIRARD and Antoinette LEMAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GIRARD and Suzanne LAVOIE (maternal) Michel LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER and Michelle OUINVILLE

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Michel married Geneviève EMOND 4 November 1736 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Geneviève EMOND was born 11 November 1712 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Geneviève was the child of Pierre EMOND and Marie-Agnes GRONDIN.

Michel GIRARD died 8 May 1772 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of 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

Geneviève EMOND-- Date: 4 November 1736 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
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Geneviève EMOND was the child of Pierre EMOND and Marie-Agnes GRONDIN

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Children of Michel GIRARD and Geneviève EMOND:

Michel GIRARD (b.3 August 1737, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1821, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )
m. Genevieve GAUTHIER 4 July 1763 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marie-Josephte GIRARD (b.24 February 1739, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph GIRARD (b.8 March 1740, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephte GIRARD (b.31 December 1741, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD (b.21 July 1743, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Anne GIRARD (b.14 November 1744, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

François-Regis GIRARD (b.30 January 1746, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1807, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

Marie-Madeleine GIRARD (b.22 October 1747, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. , )

Louis GIRARD (b.12 December 1748, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. , )

Marie-Anne GIRARD (b.14 May 1751, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 10 October 1792, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

Marie-Angelique GIRARD (b.29 May 1753, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 6 May 1788, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )

Pierre GIRARD (b.7 May 1755, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. , )

Felicite GIRARD (b.10 September 1756, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. , )

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1736 Marriage / Partner
Michel GIRARD and Geneviève EMOND 4 November 1736, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1737 Birth of Child
Michel GIRARD was born 3 August 1737, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD was born 24 February 1739, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1740 Birth of Child
Joseph GIRARD was born 8 March 1740, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD was born 31 December 1741, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1743 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD was born 21 July 1743, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GIRARD was born 14 November 1744, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1746 Birth of Child
François-Regis GIRARD was born 30 January 1746, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GIRARD was born 22 October 1747, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1748 Birth of Child
Louis GIRARD was born 12 December 1748, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GIRARD was born 14 May 1751, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique GIRARD was born 29 May 1753, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1755 Birth of Child
Pierre GIRARD was born 7 May 1755, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1756 Birth of Child
Felicite GIRARD was born 10 September 1756, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage of Child
Michel GIRARD married 4 July 1763, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Genevieve GAUTHIER