Etienne GIRARD

Born

12 July 1794 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

22 January 1865 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Augustin GIRARD Marie-Josephte BOIVIN

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Born: 12 July 1794 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin GIRARD

Mother: Marie-Josephte BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: Augustin GIRARD , Marie-Procule LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Marc BOIVIN , Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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Etienne married Marie TREMBLAY 15 November 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie TREMBLAY was born 26 July 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie died 16 October 1853 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Agnes COTE.

Etienne GIRARD died 22 January 1865 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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
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Etienne GIRARD married

Marie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 15 November 1819
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Agnes COTE

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Children of Etienne GIRARD and Marie TREMBLAY

Toussaint GIRARD

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Adolphe GIRARD

Born: 12 August 1822, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 26 May 1863, La Malbaie, Canada East

Etienne GIRARD

Born: 20 September 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 19 September 1901, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Augustin GIRARD

Born: 5 July 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 24 October 1907, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Ferdinand GIRARD

Born: 21 April 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 19 May 1906, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
12 July 1794
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Etienne GIRARD and Marie TREMBLAY 15 November 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Adolphe GIRARD was born 12 August 1822, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Etienne was 28 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Etienne GIRARD was born 20 September 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Etienne was 30 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Augustin GIRARD was born 5 July 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Etienne was 38 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

1841 Birth of Child
Ferdinand GIRARD was born 21 April 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Etienne was 46 years old.

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)

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

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie TREMBLAY died 16 October 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1863 Death of Child
Adolphe GIRARD died 26 May 1863, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Etienne was 68 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1865
22 January 1865
La Malbaie, Canada East
He died at the age of 70.

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