Thomas GIRARD

Born

17 October 1778 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 June 1858 , Saint-Valentin, Canada East

Parents & Family of Thomas GIRARD

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Born: 17 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Thomas GIRARD

Father

Pierre-Louis GIRARD

Mother

Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Thomas GIRARD

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GIRARD Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Maternal grandparents

Antoine BOUCHARD Jeanne GAGNON

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

Thomas married Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE 20 January 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE was born 30 August 1795 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Julie died 18 February 1852 in Henryville, Canada East . Julie was the child of Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Catherine LAVENTURE.

Thomas GIRARD died 27 June 1858 in Saint-Valentin, Canada East.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas GIRARD

Thomas GIRARD married

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE
Marriage date: 20 January 1818
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE was the child of Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Catherine LAVENTURE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Thomas GIRARD and Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Marie Florence GIRARD

Born: 17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 March 1909, Highgate, Vermont, USA

Married: Antoine FILION 28 October 1850

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1778
17 October 1778
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1818 Marriage / Partner
Thomas GIRARD and Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE 20 January 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 39 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie Florence GIRARD was born 17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Thomas was 48 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.