Catherine BIDAGUIN

(b. 11 February 1802 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1882 , Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BIDAGUIN was born 11 February 1802 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Catherine BIDAGUIN was the child of Pierre BIDAGUIN and Marguerite RIEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin BIDAGUIN dit ST-MARTIN and Marie-Rose GÉNÉREUX (maternal) Louis-Joseph RIEL and Marie-Rosalie MIVILLE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine married Charles GIRARD 8 February 1825 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles GIRARD was born 3 September 1803 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Charles died 8 August 1886 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville). Charles was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Françoise MARANDA.

Catherine BIDAGUIN died 22 November 1882 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, 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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Family and Children of Catherine BIDAGUIN

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Catherine BIDAGUIN married

Charles GIRARD-- Date: 8 February 1825 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Charles GIRARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIRARD and Françoise MARANDA

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Children of Charles GIRARD and Catherine BIDAGUIN:

Michel GIRARD (b.28 September 1827, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1890, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie DURAND 24 July 1849 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1802 Birth
11 February 1802
Berthierville, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BIDAGUIN and Charles GIRARD 8 February 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 23 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Michel GIRARD was born 28 September 1827, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Catherine was 25 years old.

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

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Michel GIRARD married 24 July 1849, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Marie DURAND

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.

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.