Benjamin GIRARD

Born

2 March 1825 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

20 December 1903 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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François GIRARD Josephte GAUTHIER

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Born: 2 March 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: François GIRARD

Mother: Josephte GAUTHIER

Paternal grandparents: François GIRARD , Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE , Dorothee BOUCHARD

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

Benjamin married Dosithee GIRARD 12 August 1851 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Dosithee GIRARD was born 11 April 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Dosithee died 13 March 1871 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Dosithee was the child of Joseph-Marie GIRARD and Rosalie TREMBLAY.

Benjamin GIRARD died 20 December 1903 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Benjamin GIRARD married

Dosithee GIRARD
Marriage date: 12 August 1851
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Dosithee GIRARD was the child of Joseph-Marie GIRARD and Rosalie TREMBLAY

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Children of Benjamin GIRARD and Dosithee GIRARD

Virginie GIRARD

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alfred TREMBLAY 19 May 1879 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Marie GIRARD

Born: abt. 1869, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marc-Delphis TREMBLAY 7 August 1888 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1825
2 March 1825
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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

1851 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin GIRARD and Dosithee GIRARD 12 August 1851, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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.