Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT

(b. 27 April 1785 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 November 1864 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT was born 27 April 1785 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET (maternal) Pierre BOUSQUET and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle ARCHAMBAULT

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

Marie-Josephte married Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD 10 August 1807 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD was born 31 October 1774 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Joseph-Toussaint died 26 September 1858 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Toussaint was the child of Jacques-Amable GIRARD and Monique CHOQUET.

Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT died 9 November 1864 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT married

Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD-- Date: 10 August 1807 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
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Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD was the child of Jacques-Amable GIRARD and Monique CHOQUET

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Children of Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT:

Joseph GIRARD (b.14 June 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise BANLIER dite LAPERLE 25 September 1832 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
m. Marguerite DAUPHINAIS 9 July 1844 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Jean GIRARD (b.27 December 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 22 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Augustin GIRARD (b.6 May 1811, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 3 August 1881, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Paule BOUSQUET 22 October 1833 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Josephte GIRARD (b.18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Antoine BANLIER dit LAPERLE 24 January 1832 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Angele GIRARD (b.24 May 1814, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 29 May 1886, La Présentation, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC 25 September 1832 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Amable GIRARD (b.6 April 1816, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise JALBERT 8 October 1844 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint GIRARD (b.14 December 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Marie-Louise GIRARD (b.18 April 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 17 September 1859, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East )
m. Joseph GAUDET 26 February 1838 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie GIRARD (b.15 January 1821, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Nazaire ARCHAMBAULT 16 August 1842 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint GIRARD (b.16 July 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Angele JANSON 18 January 1853 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1785 Birth
27 April 1785
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Baptism

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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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT and Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD 10 August 1807, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT - 1807 marriage

1807 marriage

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1808 Birth of Child
Joseph GIRARD was born 14 June 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Jean GIRARD was born 27 December 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 24 years old.

1810 Death of Child
Jean GIRARD died 22 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 25 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Augustin GIRARD was born 6 May 1811, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 26 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Josephte GIRARD was born 18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 27 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Angele GIRARD was born 24 May 1814, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 29 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Amable GIRARD was born 6 April 1816, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 30 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Toussaint GIRARD was born 14 December 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 32 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD was born 18 April 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 33 years old.

1820 Death of Child
Toussaint GIRARD died 9 January 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 34 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Sophie GIRARD was born 15 January 1821, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 35 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Toussaint GIRARD was born 16 July 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 43 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIRARD married 24 January 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Antoine BANLIER dit LAPERLE

1832 Marriage of Child
Angele GIRARD married 25 September 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC

1832 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 25 September 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise BANLIER dite LAPERLE

1833 Marriage of Child
Augustin GIRARD married 22 October 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Paule BOUSQUET

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD married 26 February 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph GAUDET

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Sophie GIRARD married 16 August 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Nazaire ARCHAMBAULT

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

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

1844 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 9 July 1844, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé) to Marguerite DAUPHINAIS

1844 Marriage of Child
Amable GIRARD married 8 October 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise JALBERT

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Toussaint GIRARD married 18 January 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Angele JANSON

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

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD died 26 September 1858, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1859 Death of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD died 17 September 1859, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Marie-Josephte was 74 years old.