Josephine GIRARD

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20 March 1822 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

16 March 1897 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Isaac GIRARD Modeste TREMBLAY

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Born: 20 March 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Isaac GIRARD

Mother: Modeste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: René GIRARD , Marguerite FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Victoire SAVARD

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Josephine married Seraphin MARTEL 15 July 1845 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Seraphin MARTEL was born 21 June 1819 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Seraphin died 17 January 1859 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Seraphin was the child of Isaac MARTEL and Christine BOUCHARD.

Josephine GIRARD died 16 March 1897 in Les Éboulements, 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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Josephine GIRARD married

Seraphin MARTEL
Marriage date: 15 July 1845
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Seraphin MARTEL was the child of Isaac MARTEL and Christine BOUCHARD

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Children of Seraphin MARTEL and Josephine GIRARD

Rose-Alice MARTEL

Born: 26 August 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 8 February 1870 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Anne-Hermeline MARTEL

Born: 13 November 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 4 May 1939, Kénogami, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada

Married: Gedeon TREMBLAY 3 November 1874 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1822
20 March 1822
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Josephine GIRARD and Seraphin MARTEL 15 July 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Rose-Alice MARTEL was born 26 August 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 27 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Hermeline MARTEL was born 13 November 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephine was 32 years old.

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Seraphin MARTEL died 17 January 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Rose-Alice MARTEL married 8 February 1870, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Georges TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Hermeline MARTEL married 3 November 1874, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Gedeon TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada