Thomas GIROUX

(b. 21 December 1724 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 June 1802 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Thomas GIROUX was born 21 December 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Thomas GIROUX was the child of Noel GIROUX and Françoise GALIEN (GALLIEN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GIROUX and Thérèse PREVOST (maternal) Robert GALIEN (GALLIEN) and Anne MASSON

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Thomas married Marie-Angélique TOUPIN 22 February 1751 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique TOUPIN was born 8 August 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Angélique was the child of Ignace-François TOUPIN and Marie-Elisabeth DUPRAC.

Thomas GIROUX died 28 June 1802 in Berthierville, 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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Thomas GIROUX married

Marie-Angélique TOUPIN-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique TOUPIN was the child of Ignace-François TOUPIN and Marie-Elisabeth DUPRAC

Children of Thomas GIROUX and Marie-Angélique TOUPIN:

Joseph GIROUX (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 August 1829, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DUBORD dite LATOURELLE 3 February 1777 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1724 Birth
21 December 1724
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Thomas GIROUX and Marie-Angélique TOUPIN 22 February 1751, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 26 years old.

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

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.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIROUX married 3 February 1777, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Anne DUBORD dite LATOURELLE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)