Louis GARAND

(b. 27 September 1812 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 29 May 1879 , Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GARAND was born 27 September 1812 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Louis GARAND was the child of Pierre GARAND and Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GARAND and Thérèse AUBERT (maternal) Michel-Valérien CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Cécile MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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

Louis married Marie-Scholastique GOUIN 28 January 1839 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Scholastique GOUIN was born 9 January 1813 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Scholastique died 21 February 1872 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Marie-Scholastique was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET.

Louis GARAND died 29 May 1879 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, 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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Family and Children of Louis GARAND

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Louis GARAND married

Marie-Scholastique GOUIN-- Date: 28 January 1839 Place: Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Marie-Scholastique GOUIN was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET

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Children of Louis GARAND and Marie-Scholastique GOUIN:

Pierre GARAND (b.November 26, 1843, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 January 1909, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada)
m. Elisabeth CHAMPIGNY 18 January 1864 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Marie Louisa "Eliza" GARAND (b.6 July 1850, Saint-Jude, Canada East d. 10 November 1915, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Joseph RENAUD 22 September 1870 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1812 Birth
27 September 1812
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Louis GARAND and Marie-Scholastique GOUIN 28 January 1839, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1839 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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)

1843 Birth of Child
Pierre GARAND was born November 26, 1843, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis was 31 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie Louisa "Eliza" GARAND was born 6 July 1850, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Louis was 37 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Pierre GARAND married 18 January 1864, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth CHAMPIGNY

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
Marie Louisa "Eliza" GARAND married 22 September 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Joseph RENAUD