Abigail GIRARD

Born

22 March 1821 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

21 September 1858 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

Abigail married Esprit GIRARD 8 February 1848 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esprit GIRARD was born 16 April 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Esprit died 22 August 1908 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . Esprit was the child of Lambert GIRARD and Quirille BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS .

Parents & Family of Abigail GIRARD

Parents of Abigail GIRARD

Father

Isaac GIRARD

Mother

Modeste TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Abigail GIRARD

Paternal grandparents

René GIRARD Marguerite FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents

Louis TREMBLAY Victoire SAVARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abigail GIRARD

Abigail GIRARD married

Esprit GIRARD
Marriage date: 8 February 1848
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

See marriage record for Abigail GIRARD and Esprit GIRARD
Esprit GIRARD was the child of Lambert GIRARD and Quirille BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

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

Children of Esprit GIRARD and Abigail GIRARD

Zoe GIRARD

Born: abt. 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 20 January 1868 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1821
22 March 1821
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Abigail GIRARD and Esprit GIRARD 8 February 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 26 years old.

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.