Louis
GIRARD
Born
11 July 1828
,
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died
16 April 1903
,
La Pocatière, Québec, Canada
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Born: 11 July 1828 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Father:
Antoine GIRARD
Mother:
Christine GAGNON
Paternal grandparents:
Louis-Marie GIRARD
, Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY
Maternal grandparents:
Alexis GAGNON
, Elisabeth TREMBLAY
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Delima TREMBLAY 14 August 1855 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delima TREMBLAY was born 6 September 1835 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Delima died 6 February 1914 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Delima was the child of Jules TREMBLAY and Josephte TREMBLAY.
Louis GIRARD died 16 April 1903 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Louis GIRARD
Louis GIRARD married 
Delima TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 14 August 1855
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Delima TREMBLAY was the child of Jules TREMBLAY and Josephte TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Delima TREMBLAYMarriage date: 14 August 1855
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Delima TREMBLAY was the child of Jules TREMBLAY and Josephte TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Louis GIRARD and Delima TREMBLAY
Leocadie GIRARDMarried: Thomas TREMBLAY 28 October 1879 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
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Birth — 182811 July 1828
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Marriage / PartnerLouis GIRARD and Delima TREMBLAY 14 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
He was 27 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1858 Birth of ChildLeocadie GIRARD was born 11 February 1858, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Louis was 29 years old.
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 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1879 Marriage of ChildLeocadie GIRARD married 28 October 1879, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Thomas TREMBLAY
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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 190316 April 1903
La Pocatière, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 74.
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