Abraham MENARD

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16 December 1807 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

2 October 1879 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Louis MENARD Marie DUCHESNE

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Born: 16 December 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis MENARD

Mother: Marie DUCHESNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MENARD , Pelagie SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Louis DUCHESNE , Rosalie BONNEAU

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Abraham married Eleonore BOUCHARD 22 October 1833 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleonore BOUCHARD was born 7 August 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eleonore died 4 April 1888 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eleonore was the child of Roger BOUCHARD and Venerande TREMBLAY.

Abraham MENARD died 2 October 1879 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Abraham MENARD married

Eleonore BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 22 October 1833
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Eleonore BOUCHARD was the child of Roger BOUCHARD and Venerande TREMBLAY

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Children of Abraham MENARD and Eleonore BOUCHARD

Georgiane MENARD

Born: 15 December 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Francois-Xavier-Elzear TREMBLAY 31 July 1883 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1807
16 December 1807
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MENARD and Eleonore BOUCHARD 22 October 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Georgiane MENARD was born 15 December 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Abraham was 47 years old.

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.