Athalie GIRARD

Born

4 January 1817 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 June 1888 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Godefroy GIRARD Constance DALLAIRE

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Born: 4 January 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Godefroy GIRARD

Mother: Constance DALLAIRE

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Francois GIRARD , Ursule-Sylvie DUFOUR

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie DALLAIRE , Madeleine SAVARD

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Athalie married Georges RHAINDS (RANDS) 29 September 1840 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Georges RHAINDS (RANDS) was born abt. 1813 in Lancashire, England. Georges died November 1846 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).

Athalie GIRARD died 23 June 1888 in Chicoutimi, 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
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Athalie GIRARD married

Georges RHAINDS (RANDS)
Marriage date: 29 September 1840
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Elisabeth RHAINDS

Born: 15 August 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louis MORISSET 24 January 1860 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1817
4 January 1817
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Athalie GIRARD and Georges RHAINDS (RANDS) 29 September 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 23 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Elisabeth RHAINDS was born 15 August 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Athalie was 25 years old.

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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Georges RHAINDS (RANDS) died November 1846, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth RHAINDS married 24 January 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Louis MORISSET

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.