Adelaide GIRARD

Born

31 January 1825 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

12 April 1893 , Grandes-Bergeronnes Saguenay Québec, Canada

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Elizee GIRARD Quirille SIMARD

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Born: 31 January 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Elizee GIRARD

Mother: Quirille SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: François GIRARD , Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: François-Xavier SIMARD , Gertrude-Francoise GIRARD

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Adelaide married Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 8 April 1845 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 July 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Joseph died 11 March 1896 in Grandes-Bergeronnes Saguenay Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU.

Adelaide GIRARD died 12 April 1893 in Grandes-Bergeronnes Saguenay Québec, Canada.
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Adelaide GIRARD married

Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 8 April 1845
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU

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

Children of Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Adelaide GIRARD

Herménégilde LAROUCHE

Born: June 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Aulive (Olive) Aveline POITRAS 5 July 1875

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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 — 1825
31 January 1825
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide GIRARD and Joseph GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 8 April 1845, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

She was 20 years old.

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Herménégilde LAROUCHE was born June 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Adelaide was 28 years old.

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

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.