Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD

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11 October 1759 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

12 October 1843 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East

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Joseph GIRARD Marguerite BOUTIN

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Born: 11 October 1759 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph GIRARD

Mother: Marguerite BOUTIN

Paternal grandparents: Francois GIRARD (GIRARDIN) , Marie-Renee LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BOUTIN , Marie-Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

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Marie-Françoise-Pelagie married Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME 5 May 1777 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME was born 28 September 1750 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Michel-Amable died 18 April 1811 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Michel-Amable was the child of Joseph PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Anne JUILLET.

Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD died 12 October 1843 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East .
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD married

Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME
Marriage date: 5 May 1777
Marriage place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME was the child of Joseph PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Anne JUILLET

Children of Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD

Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME

Born: 12 January 1792, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1888, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Married: Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE 14 February 1814 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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Birth — 1759
11 October 1759
Montréal, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD and Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME 5 May 1777, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

She was 17 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME was born 12 January 1792, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Marie-Françoise-Pelagie was 32 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1811 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME died 18 April 1811, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

1814 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME married 14 February 1814, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE

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)