Pierre GIROUX

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8 March 1805 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

January 1893 , Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Pierre GIROUX Marie-Josephte CHARLAND

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Born: 8 March 1805 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre GIROUX

Mother: Marie-Josephte CHARLAND

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES , Catherine LONGTIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR , Agathe BOURGAULT dite LACROIX

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Pierre married Marie-Lucie BOUTIN 24 November 1823 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Lucie BOUTIN was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Lucie died 23 November 1828 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Marie-Lucie was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Pierre GIROUX died January 1893 in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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Pierre GIROUX married

Marie-Lucie BOUTIN
Marriage date: 24 November 1823
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Lucie BOUTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Children of Pierre GIROUX and Marie-Lucie BOUTIN

Julienne GIROUX

Born: 27 January 1826, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 16 November 1882, Tilbury, Ontario, Canada

Married: Edouard MARCHAND 3 November 1846 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

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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 — 1805
8 March 1805
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GIROUX and Marie-Lucie BOUTIN 24 November 1823, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 18 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Julienne GIROUX was born 27 January 1826, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 20 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Lucie BOUTIN died 23 November 1828, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Julienne GIROUX married 3 November 1846, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Edouard MARCHAND

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

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.