Augustin GIRARD

(b. 6 May 1811 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 3 August 1881 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Augustin GIRARD was born 6 May 1811 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Augustin GIRARD was the child of Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Amable GIRARD and Monique CHOQUET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET

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

Augustin married Marie-Paule BOUSQUET 22 October 1833 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marie-Paule BOUSQUET was born 1 November 1814 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Paule died 9 March 1904 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Paule was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET and Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET).

Augustin GIRARD died 3 August 1881 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Augustin GIRARD married

Marie-Paule BOUSQUET-- Date: 22 October 1833 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Paule BOUSQUET was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET and Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET)

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Children of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Paule BOUSQUET:

Joseph GIRARD (b.8 October 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 January 1915, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Emilie ANGER 22 October 1877 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin GIRARD (b.19 May 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 9 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD (b.9 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Augustin GIRARD (b.27 August 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Odile GIRARD (b.26 November 1841, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 5 January 1911, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Isidore JALBERT 2 October 1860 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier GIRARD (b.12 June 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Marie GIRARD (b.31 January 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 31 August 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)

Sophie GIRARD (b.26 July 1847, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 10 December 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)

Amable GIRARD (b.21 May 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 27 June 1920, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Julie ANGERS 19 September 1870 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis-Frederic GIRARD (b.3 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Toussaint GIRARD (b.13 December 1852, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )
m. Zenaide CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 5 October 1875 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Phileas GIRARD (b.3 February 1854, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 27 August 1863, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)

Marie-François GIRARD (b.1 September 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Elie GIRARD (b.10 July 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Rosana GIRARD (b.25 January 1860, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. , )

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1811 Birth
6 May 1811
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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
Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Paule BOUSQUET 22 October 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph GIRARD was born 8 October 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 23 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Augustin GIRARD was born 19 May 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 25 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

1838 Death of Child
Augustin GIRARD died 9 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 27 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD was born 9 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 27 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Augustin GIRARD was born 27 August 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 29 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Odile GIRARD was born 26 November 1841, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 30 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
François-Xavier GIRARD was born 12 June 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 32 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 31 January 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 34 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Sophie GIRARD was born 26 July 1847, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 36 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Amable GIRARD was born 21 May 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 38 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Louis-Frederic GIRARD was born 3 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 40 years old.

1851 Death of Child
Sophie GIRARD died 10 December 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 40 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Toussaint GIRARD was born 13 December 1852, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 41 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Phileas GIRARD was born 3 February 1854, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 42 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Marie-François GIRARD was born 1 September 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 44 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Elie GIRARD was born 10 July 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 46 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosana GIRARD was born 25 January 1860, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 48 years old.

1860 Marriage of Child
Odile GIRARD married 2 October 1860, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Isidore JALBERT

1863 Death of Child
Phileas GIRARD died 27 August 1863, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 52 years old.

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Amable GIRARD married 19 September 1870, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Julie ANGERS

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

1875 Marriage of Child
Toussaint GIRARD married 5 October 1875, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) to Zenaide CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

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

1877 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 22 October 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Emilie ANGER

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)

1881 Death
3 August 1881
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.

Added: 7/13/2015 2:19:37 PM - Updated: 12/7/2020 12:34:43 PM