flag female ancestor  Marie-Felicite  GIRARD

  (b. 7 July 1791 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 25 September 1861 Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East )  

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Marie-Felicite GIRARD was born 7 July 1791 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie-Felicite GIRARD was the child of Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD   and   Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Nicolas GIRARD and Marie-Françoise DESBIENS (maternal)  Paul FILION and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Marie-Felicite  married  Abraham SIMARD 2 June 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Abraham SIMARD  was born 15 February 1786 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Abraham died 14 April 1865 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada.  Abraham was the child of Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE.

Marie-Felicite GIRARD died 25 September 1861 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
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Did You Know? 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.

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birth1791 Birth
7 July 1791
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
marriage1812 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite GIRARD and Abraham SIMARD 2 June 1812, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.
1817 Birth of Child
Octave SIMARD was born 10 November 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Felicite was 26 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1829 Birth of Child
Guillaume SIMARD was born 7 July 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marie-Felicite was 38 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1847 Marriage of Child
Octave SIMARD married 26 January 1847, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Marie PERRON
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1855 Marriage of Child
Guillaume SIMARD married 19 February 1855, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
death1861 Death
25 September 1861
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East

She died at the age of 70.
Added: 10/8/2024 8:01:02 PM - Updated: 5/15/2025 6:17:22 PM

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