Joseph-Octave GIRARD

(b. 1 October 1816 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 15 October 1885 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Octave GIRARD was born 1 October 1816 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Joseph-Octave GIRARD was the child of Antoine GIRARD and Christine GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY (maternal) Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Joseph-Octave married Rose SAVARD 12 January 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose SAVARD was born 22 September 1824 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Rose died 20 March 1854 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Rose was the child of Jean SAVARD and Marie-Adelaide LAJOIE.

Joseph-Octave GIRARD died 15 October 1885 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Joseph-Octave GIRARD married

Rose SAVARD-- Date: 12 January 1841 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Rose SAVARD was the child of Jean SAVARD and Marie-Adelaide LAJOIE

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Children of Joseph-Octave GIRARD and Rose SAVARD:

Rose GIRARD (b.9 May 1843, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 22 November 1884, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Alfred RAYMOND 22 November 1859 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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1816 Birth
1 October 1816
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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Octave GIRARD and Rose SAVARD 12 January 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Rose GIRARD was born 9 May 1843, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Joseph-Octave was 26 years old.

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.

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

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rose SAVARD died 20 March 1854, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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 Marriage of Child
Rose GIRARD married 22 November 1859, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Alfred RAYMOND

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.