Cyrille GIRARD

Born

28 October 1801 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

16 February 1864 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Antoine GIRARD Charlotte SIMARD

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Born: 28 October 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine GIRARD

Mother: Charlotte SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GIRARD , Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: François SIMARD , Marguerite GAGNÉ

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Cyrille married Joseph BOILY 23 January 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOILY was born 5 May 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Felicite DUFOUR.

Cyrille GIRARD died 16 February 1864 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Cyrille GIRARD married

Joseph BOILY
Marriage date: 23 January 1823
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOILY was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Felicite DUFOUR

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Children of Joseph BOILY and Cyrille GIRARD

Luce BOILY

Born: 2 April 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 1 September 1904, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 25 November 1858 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1801
28 October 1801
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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Cyrille GIRARD and Joseph BOILY 23 January 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Luce BOILY was born 2 April 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Cyrille was 29 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

1858 Marriage of Child
Luce BOILY married 25 November 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis TREMBLAY