Marie-Françoise DESBIENS

(b. 21 February 1721 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1800 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise DESBIENS was born 21 February 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise DESBIENS was the child of Étienne DESBIENS and Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Marie CAMPEAU (maternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Marie PERRON dite SUIRE

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

Marie-Françoise married Nicolas GIRARD 4 November 1744 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Nicolas GIRARD was born 8 November 1722 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Nicolas died 25 November 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Nicolas was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF.

Marie-Françoise DESBIENS died 21 May 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower 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 Marie-Françoise DESBIENS

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Marie-Françoise DESBIENS married

Nicolas GIRARD-- Date: 4 November 1744 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Nicolas GIRARD was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Marguerite TARDIF

Children of Nicolas GIRARD and Marie-Françoise DESBIENS:

Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD (b.30 May 1745, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1803, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. François-Louis SAVARD 4 July 1763 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis-Antoine GIRARD (b.17 January 1747, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY 8 July 1770 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD (b.30 January 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILION 4 July 1774 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Clotilde TREMBLAY 16 February 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Julie GIRARD (b.3 July 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE 17 August 1769 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gertrude-Francoise GIRARD (b.13 August 1753, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. François-Xavier SIMARD 7 February 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephte GIRARD (b.11 December 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 19 June 1807, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Charles BRASSARD 1 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Jean-Francois TREMBLAY 20 August 1792 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Agathe GIRARD (b.26 December 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Isaac SIMARD 9 February 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier GIRARD (b.11 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 23 May 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Modeste TREMBLAY 21 January 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Rosalie BONNEAU 16 January 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Nicolas-Francois GIRARD (b.11 September 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 January 1852, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East )
m. Ursule-Sylvie DUFOUR 1 August 1787 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
m. Procule MERCIER 6 May 1799 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1721 Birth
21 February 1721
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise DESBIENS and Nicolas GIRARD 4 November 1744, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD was born 30 May 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Françoise was 24 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Louis-Antoine GIRARD was born 17 January 1747, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Françoise was 25 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD was born 30 January 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie GIRARD was born 3 July 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 30 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Gertrude-Francoise GIRARD was born 13 August 1753, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 32 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD was born 11 December 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 34 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Agathe GIRARD was born 26 December 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 36 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
François-Xavier GIRARD was born 11 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 39 years old.

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
Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD married 4 July 1763, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to François-Louis SAVARD

1764 Birth of Child
Nicolas-Francois GIRARD was born 11 September 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 43 years old.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie GIRARD married 17 August 1769, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE

1770 Marriage of Child
Louis-Antoine GIRARD married 8 July 1770, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne BUREAU dite SANSOUCY

1774 Marriage of Child
Gertrude-Francoise GIRARD married 7 February 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François-Xavier SIMARD

1774 Marriage of Child
Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD married 4 July 1774, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILION

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD married 1 October 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Charles BRASSARD

1779 Marriage of Child
Agathe GIRARD married 9 February 1779, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Isaac SIMARD

1783 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier GIRARD married 21 January 1783, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Modeste TREMBLAY

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Nicolas-Francois GIRARD married 1 August 1787, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Ursule-Sylvie DUFOUR

1790 Death of Child
Marie-Julie GIRARD died 13 April 1790, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 69 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD married 20 August 1792, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Jean-Francois TREMBLAY

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier GIRARD married 16 January 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Rosalie BONNEAU

1799 Marriage of Child
Nicolas-Francois GIRARD married 6 May 1799, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Procule MERCIER

1800 Death
21 May 1800
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 79.

Added: 9/20/2018 1:36:34 PM - Updated: 2/7/2024 10:47:34 PM