Joseph GIRARD

Born

20 January 1807 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

7 October 1858 , Laterrière, Canada East

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Henri GIRARD Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Born: 20 January 1807 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Henri GIRARD

Mother: Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents: Augustin GIRARD , Geneviève GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

Maternal grandparents: Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE , Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Joseph married Geneviève GAUTHIER 14 February 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GAUTHIER was born 16 June 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Geneviève died 16 September 1869 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Abraham-Constantin GONTHIER and Geneviève BOUCHER.

Joseph GIRARD died 7 October 1858 in Laterrière, Canada East.
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Geneviève GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 14 February 1831
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Geneviève GAUTHIER was the child of Abraham-Constantin GONTHIER and Geneviève BOUCHER

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Children of Joseph GIRARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER

Guillaume GIRARD

Born: 14 January 1833, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 20 December 1897, St-Cyriac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elisabeth TREMBLAY 5 May 1862 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1807
20 January 1807
Les Éboulements, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GIRARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER 14 February 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Guillaume GIRARD was born 14 January 1833, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 26 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.