Madeleine GIRARD

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abt. 1773 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 July 1847 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Pierre-Louis GIRARD Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Born: abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre-Louis GIRARD

Mother: Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GIRARD , Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Jeanne GAGNON

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Madeleine married Ignace BRISSON 7 October 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace BRISSON was born 19 November 1779 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Ignace was the child of Ignace-Lazare BRISSON and Marie-Rosalie MARTEL.

Madeleine GIRARD died 11 July 1847 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine GIRARD married

Ignace BRISSON
Marriage date: 7 October 1805
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Ignace BRISSON was the child of Ignace-Lazare BRISSON and Marie-Rosalie MARTEL

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Madeleine BRISSON

Born: abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 May 1876, St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Quebec, Canada

Married: Edouard TREMBLAY 17 October 1826 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GIRARD and Ignace BRISSON 7 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BRISSON married 17 October 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Edouard TREMBLAY

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)