Jean-Baptiste GIRARD

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2 August 1754 , Beaumont, Canada, New France

Died

3 July 1838 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Charles GIRARD Marie-Josephte ROY

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Born: 2 August 1754 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Father: Charles GIRARD

Mother: Marie-Josephte ROY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GIRARD , Marie-Anne COUILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Charles ROY , Marie-Josephe LECOUR

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Jean-Baptiste married Françoise MARANDA 4 April 1796 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise MARANDA was born 13 March 1775 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 7 April 1838 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Françoise was the child of Charles MARANDA and Cecile LECLERC.

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD died 3 July 1838 in Berthierville, Lower 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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Françoise MARANDA
Marriage date: 4 April 1796
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Françoise MARANDA was the child of Charles MARANDA and Cecile LECLERC

Children of Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Françoise MARANDA

Charles GIRARD

Born: 3 September 1803, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 August 1886, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

Married: Catherine BIDAGUIN 8 February 1825 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1754
2 August 1754
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Françoise MARANDA 4 April 1796, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 41 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Birth of Child
Charles GIRARD was born 3 September 1803, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Charles GIRARD married 8 February 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Catherine BIDAGUIN

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

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