Philomene GIRARD

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abt. 1855 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

25 June 1936 , St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

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Abraham GIRARD Delina BOILY

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Born: abt. 1855 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Abraham GIRARD

Mother: Delina BOILY

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie GIRARD , Angélique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOILY , Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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Philomene married Georges TREMBLAY 26 August 1873 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georges TREMBLAY was born abt. 1850 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Georges was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Leocadie HARVEY.

Philomene GIRARD died 25 June 1936 in St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Philomene GIRARD married

Georges TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 26 August 1873
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Georges TREMBLAY was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Leocadie HARVEY

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Children of Georges TREMBLAY and Philomene GIRARD

Marguerite TREMBLAY

Born: 17 January 1876, Québec, Québec, Canada
Died: 11 December 1934, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Diane TREMBLAY

Born: 15 October 1877, Québec, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Marriage / Partner
Philomene GIRARD and Georges TREMBLAY 26 August 1873, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Birth of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 17 January 1876, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Diane TREMBLAY was born 15 October 1877, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada