Denise GIRARD

Born

19 September 1797 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

3 November 1884 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Denise GIRARD

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Born: 19 September 1797 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of Denise GIRARD

Father

Dominique GIRARD

Mother

Denise BOIVIN

Grandparents of Denise GIRARD

Paternal grandparents

Jerome GIRARD Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Marc BOIVIN Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Denise married Michel GAGNÉ 11 November 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GAGNÉ was born 22 August 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Michel was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Felicite DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE.

Denise GIRARD died 3 November 1884 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Denise GIRARD

Denise GIRARD married

Michel GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 11 November 1817
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Michel GAGNÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Felicite DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE

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

Children of Michel GAGNÉ and Denise GIRARD

Damase GAGNE

Born: 27 December 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elisabeth GAGNON 4 August 1846 Place: La Malbaie, 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 — 1797
19 September 1797
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Denise GIRARD and Michel GAGNÉ 11 November 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Damase GAGNE was born 27 December 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Denise was 27 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Damase GAGNE married 4 August 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East to Elisabeth GAGNON

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.