Michel GIRARD

Born

28 September 1827 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

27 March 1890 , Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

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Charles GIRARD Catherine BIDAGUIN

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Born: 28 September 1827 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Father: Charles GIRARD

Mother: Catherine BIDAGUIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GIRARD , Françoise MARANDA

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BIDAGUIN , Marguerite RIEL

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Michel married Marie DURAND 24 July 1849 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DURAND was born 26 May 1831 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie died 6 June 1909 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Marie was the child of Joseph-Ambroise DURAND and Ursule BRISSETTE.

Michel GIRARD died 27 March 1890 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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Marie DURAND
Marriage date: 24 July 1849
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Marie DURAND was the child of Joseph-Ambroise DURAND and Ursule BRISSETTE

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Children of Michel GIRARD and Marie DURAND

Rosilda Eliza GIRARD

Born: 28 January 1854, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Died: 19 January 1950, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Narcisse LEBLANC 1 September 1873 Place: Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

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Birth — 1827
28 September 1827
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Michel GIRARD and Marie DURAND 24 July 1849, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 21 years old.

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
Rosilda Eliza GIRARD was born 28 January 1854, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Michel was 26 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.