Marie-Desiree GIRARD

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26 September 1797 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

8 June 1862 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste GIRARD Madeleine MARTEL

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Born: 26 September 1797 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GIRARD

Mother: Madeleine MARTEL

Paternal grandparents: Augustin GIRARD , Marie-Procule LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Jean MARTEL , Rosalie GAGNON

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Marie-Desiree married Claude TREMBLAY 21 November 1810 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Claude TREMBLAY was born abt. 1786 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Claude died 20 February 1844 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Claude was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Charlotte DELAGE.

Marie-Desiree GIRARD died 8 June 1862 in La Malbaie, 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-Desiree GIRARD married

Claude TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 21 November 1810
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Claude TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Charlotte DELAGE

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Children of Claude TREMBLAY and Marie-Desiree GIRARD

Madeleine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 November 1812, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Desiree TREMBLAY

Born: 1 September 1814, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 August 1892, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Elisee TREMBLAY

Born: 1 October 1818, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Melanie TREMBLAY 1 July 1845 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Agnes DALLAIRE 21 November 1871 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Genevieve TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 January 1876, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Raphael TREMBLAY 3 February 1846 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Eusebe TREMBLAY

Born: 14 July 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 30 October 1900, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilie BERGERON 20 April 1852 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Seraphine-Josephine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 September 1829, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 April 1887, Saint-Fidèle, Canada

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 20 June 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 November 1912, Alma, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
26 September 1797
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Desiree GIRARD and Claude TREMBLAY 21 November 1810, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 13 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 28 November 1812, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Desiree was 15 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Desiree TREMBLAY was born 1 September 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Desiree was 16 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Elisee TREMBLAY was born 1 October 1818, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Desiree was 21 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Eusebe TREMBLAY was born 14 July 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Desiree was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Seraphine-Josephine TREMBLAY was born 28 September 1829, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Desiree was 32 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 20 June 1832, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Desiree was 34 years old.

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude TREMBLAY died 20 February 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Elisee TREMBLAY married 1 July 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Melanie TREMBLAY

1846 Marriage of Child
Genevieve TREMBLAY married 3 February 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Raphael TREMBLAY

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Eusebe TREMBLAY married 20 April 1852, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Emilie BERGERON

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

Death — 1862
8 June 1862
La Malbaie, Canada East
She died at the age of 64.

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