Suzanne DUCHESNE

Born

17 April 1806 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1878 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Suzanne DUCHESNE

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Suzanne DUCHESNE.

Parents

Jean DUCHESNE Marie THIBAULT

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 17 April 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean DUCHESNE

Mother: Marie THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE , Francoise FILION

Maternal grandparents: André THIBAULT , Agathe SIMARD

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

Suzanne married Laurent GIRARD 10 July 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent GIRARD was born 4 October 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Laurent died 7 August 1854 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Laurent was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN.

Suzanne DUCHESNE died 23 January 1878 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Suzanne appear below.

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.

A Glimpse into the Life of the Average Woman in Mid-19th Century Quebec

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Suzanne DUCHESNE

Hide Family & Children

Suzanne DUCHESNE married

Laurent GIRARD
Marriage date: 10 July 1827
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Suzanne DUCHESNE and Laurent GIRARD
Laurent GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BOIVIN

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

Children of Laurent GIRARD and Suzanne DUCHESNE

Adelaide GIRARD

Born: abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theodule TREMBLAY 2 August 1853 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Suzanne DUCHESNE.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Suzanne DUCHESNE.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Suzanne DUCHESNE and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Birth — 1806
17 April 1806
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Suzanne DUCHESNE and Laurent GIRARD 10 July 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GIRARD married 2 August 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Theodule TREMBLAY

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

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent GIRARD died 7 August 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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.