Timothee GIRARD

(b. 5 June 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1863 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Timothee GIRARD was born 5 June 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Timothee GIRARD was the child of Isaac GIRARD and Modeste TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) René GIRARD and Marguerite FOURNIER (maternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Victoire SAVARD

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

Timothee married Olympe TREMBLAY 2 September 1850 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olympe TREMBLAY was born 17 February 1828 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Olympe died 31 December 1913 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Olympe was the child of François TREMBLAY and Josephte TREMBLAY.

Timothee GIRARD died 24 December 1863 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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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 Timothee GIRARD

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Timothee GIRARD married

Olympe TREMBLAY-- Date: 2 September 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Olympe TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Josephte TREMBLAY

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Children of Timothee GIRARD and Olympe TREMBLAY:

Marie-Luce GIRARD (b.8 January 1854, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Edmond BOUCHARD 16 August 1870 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1823 Birth
5 June 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Timothee GIRARD and Olympe TREMBLAY 2 September 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 27 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Luce GIRARD was born 8 January 1854, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Timothee was 30 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.

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