Godefroy GIRARD

Born

5 December 1794 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

26 June 1862 , La Baie, Canada East

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Nicolas-Francois GIRARD Ursule-Sylvie DUFOUR

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Born: 5 December 1794 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Nicolas-Francois GIRARD

Mother: Ursule-Sylvie DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas GIRARD , Marie-Françoise DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DUFOUR , Felicite SIMARD

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Godefroy married Constance DALLAIRE 20 September 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Constance DALLAIRE was born 24 November 1786 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Constance died 9 March 1848 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Constance was the child of Joseph-Marie DALLAIRE and Madeleine SAVARD.

Godefroy GIRARD died 26 June 1862 in La Baie, Canada East .
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Constance DALLAIRE
Marriage date: 20 September 1814
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Constance DALLAIRE was the child of Joseph-Marie DALLAIRE and Madeleine SAVARD

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Athalie GIRARD

Born: 4 January 1817, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 23 June 1888, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges RHAINDS (RANDS) 29 September 1840 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1794
5 December 1794
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Godefroy GIRARD and Constance DALLAIRE 20 September 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Athalie GIRARD was born 4 January 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Godefroy was 22 years old.

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Athalie GIRARD married 29 September 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Georges RHAINDS (RANDS)

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Constance DALLAIRE died 9 March 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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

Death — 1862
26 June 1862
La Baie, Canada East
He died at the age of 67.

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