Benjamin GIRARD

(b. 1 September 1803 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 7 February 1870 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada )

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Benjamin GIRARD was born 1 September 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Benjamin GIRARD was the child of Antoine GIRARD and Suzanne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD and Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILION (maternal) René-Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY

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

Benjamin married Marie-Justine BLUTEAU 31 January 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Justine BLUTEAU was born 18 August 1806 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Justine died 17 December 1882 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Justine was the child of Joseph-Hippolyte BLUTEAU and Sylvie SIMARD.

Benjamin GIRARD died 7 February 1870 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Benjamin GIRARD

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Benjamin GIRARD married

Marie-Justine BLUTEAU-- Date: 31 January 1826 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Justine BLUTEAU was the child of Joseph-Hippolyte BLUTEAU and Sylvie SIMARD

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Children of Benjamin GIRARD and Marie-Justine BLUTEAU:

Olive GIRARD (b.17 February 1828, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Leon TREMBLAY 30 January 1844 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marguerite GIRARD (b.3 March 1832, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 26 December 1905, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada )
m. Mars TREMBLAY 7 June 1869 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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1803 Birth
1 September 1803
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin GIRARD and Marie-Justine BLUTEAU 31 January 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Olive GIRARD was born 17 February 1828, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Benjamin was 24 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marguerite GIRARD was born 3 March 1832, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Benjamin was 28 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 Marriage of Child
Olive GIRARD married 30 January 1844, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Leon TREMBLAY

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.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GIRARD married 7 June 1869, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Mars TREMBLAY