Gregoire GIRARD

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17 April 1808 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

21 November 1887 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Antoine GIRARD Marie FILION

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Born: 17 April 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine GIRARD

Mother: Marie FILION

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GIRARD , Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie FILION , Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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Gregoire married Soulange GOBEIL 8 February 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Soulange GOBEIL was born 19 September 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Soulange died 24 August 1890 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . Soulange was the child of Charles-Louis GOBEIL and Marie Angelique "Desanges" RODRIGUE.

Gregoire GIRARD died 21 November 1887 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Soulange GOBEIL
Marriage date: 8 February 1832
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Soulange GOBEIL was the child of Charles-Louis GOBEIL and Marie Angelique "Desanges" RODRIGUE

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Children of Gregoire GIRARD and Soulange GOBEIL

Henriette GIRARD

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 6 February 1866 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
17 April 1808
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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Gregoire GIRARD and Soulange GOBEIL 8 February 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 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

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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Henriette GIRARD married 6 February 1866, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.