Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Born

30 September 1776 , Canada

Died

20 December 1871 , Verchères, Québec, Canada

Marie Françoise married Jean-Baptiste BERNARD 21 September 1795 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BERNARD was born 6 April 1769 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 31 May 1860 in La Présentation, Canada East . Jean-Baptiste was the child of François BERNARD and Marguerite PETITOT .

Parents & Family of Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Parents of Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Father

Jacques GIROUARD

Mother

Françoise GAUDET

Grandparents of Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Paternal grandparents

Germain GIROUARD Marie DOUCET

Maternal grandparents

Augustin GAUDET Agnès CHIASSON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Marie Françoise GIROUARD married

Jean-Baptiste BERNARD
Marriage date: 21 September 1795
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BERNARD was the child of François BERNARD and Marguerite PETITOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERNARD and Marie Françoise GIROUARD

Calixte BERNARD

Born: 18 August 1809, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 March 1892, La Présentation, Québec, Canada

Married: Angele BENOIT 1838 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

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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 — 1776
30 September 1776
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)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Marie Françoise GIROUARD and Jean-Baptiste BERNARD 21 September 1795, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Birth of Child
Calixte BERNARD was born 18 August 1809, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie Françoise was 32 years old.

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)

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.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERNARD died 31 May 1860, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.