Antoine GIRARD

Born

26 April 1787 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 August 1869 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Antoine married Christine GAGNON 26 January 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Christine GAGNON was born 16 August 1792 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Christine died 30 November 1878 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada . Christine was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Antoine GIRARD

Parents of Antoine GIRARD

Father

Louis-Marie GIRARD

Mother

Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Antoine GIRARD

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GIRARD Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Maternal grandparents

Basile TREMBLAY Marie-Françoise THERRIEN

m. Agnes Fortin
Baie Saint-Paul, 09 oct 1810

m. Christine Gagnon
26 janvier 1814
Baie Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine GIRARD

Antoine GIRARD married

Christine GAGNON
Marriage date: 26 January 1814
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Christine GAGNON was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Children of Antoine GIRARD and Christine GAGNON

Joseph-Octave GIRARD

Born: 1 October 1816, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 15 October 1885, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose SAVARD 12 January 1841 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie GIRARD

Born: 23 October 1818, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 29 August 1909, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Stanislas TREMBLAY 23 June 1840 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Isaie GIRARD

Born: 7 March 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 9 February 1884, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Angele POTVIN 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

Louis GIRARD

Born: 11 July 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 16 April 1903, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada

Married: Delima TREMBLAY 14 August 1855 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1787
26 April 1787
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GIRARD and Christine GAGNON 26 January 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 26 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave GIRARD was born 1 October 1816, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Antoine was 29 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
Marie GIRARD was born 23 October 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Antoine was 31 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Isaie GIRARD was born 7 March 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Antoine was 33 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Louis GIRARD was born 11 July 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Antoine was 41 years old.

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Marie GIRARD married 23 June 1840, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada to Stanislas TREMBLAY

1841 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Octave GIRARD married 12 January 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Rose SAVARD

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Isaie GIRARD married 3 February 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East to Angele POTVIN

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 Marriage of Child
Louis GIRARD married 14 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Delima TREMBLAY

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.