Euphrosine BLAIN

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13 August 1793 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

16 December 1882 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

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Herman-Armand BLAIN Marie-Catherine-Reine ALBERT

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Born: 13 August 1793 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Father: Herman-Armand BLAIN

Mother: Marie-Catherine-Reine ALBERT

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Herman BLAIN , Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ALBERT , Elisabeth RENAUD

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Euphrosine married Jacques GIRARD 4 October 1813 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques GIRARD was born abt. 1781 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jacques died 6 January 1855 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Jacques was the child of Antoine GIRARD and Charlotte NORMANDIN.

Euphrosine BLAIN died 16 December 1882 in Napierville, Québec, 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
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Euphrosine BLAIN married

Jacques GIRARD
Marriage date: 4 October 1813
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada

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Jacques GIRARD was the child of Antoine GIRARD and Charlotte NORMANDIN

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Euphrosine GIRARD

Born: 12 April 1816, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 19 March 1894, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre CYR 20 November 1832 Place: Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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Birth — 1793
13 August 1793
Varennes, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Euphrosine BLAIN and Jacques GIRARD 4 October 1813, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 20 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Euphrosine GIRARD was born 12 April 1816, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Euphrosine was 22 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

1832 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine GIRARD married 20 November 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Pierre CYR

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques GIRARD died 6 January 1855, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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.