Jean-Baptiste GIRARD

(b. 26 October 1808 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 July 1863 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste GIRARD was born 26 October 1808 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD was the child of Marcel GIRARD and Julienne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Madeleine MARTEL (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie BOUDREAU 16 November 1830 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie BOUDREAU was born 1 July 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD.

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD died 7 July 1863 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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Jean-Baptiste GIRARD married

Marie BOUDREAU-- Date: 16 November 1830 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Marie BOUDREAU was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Marie BOUDREAU:

Norbert GIRARD (b.abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Martine-Esther TREMBLAY 16 January 1855 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Clarisse GIRARD (b.12 September 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1919, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
m. Joseph GOSSELIN 23 February 1852 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie GIRARD (b.abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 November 1915, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Leandre TREMBLAY 18 July 1861 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Georgianne GIRARD (b.12 September 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 28 November 1922, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Arsene TREMBLAY 11 February 1868 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1808 Birth
26 October 1808
Les Éboulements, 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Marie BOUDREAU 16 November 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Clarisse GIRARD was born 12 September 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Georgianne GIRARD was born 12 September 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Clarisse GIRARD married 23 February 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph GOSSELIN

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Norbert GIRARD married 16 January 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Martine-Esther 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

1861 Marriage of Child
Marie GIRARD married 18 July 1861, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Leandre TREMBLAY