Jean GIRARD

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15 September 1834 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

16 March 1899 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Francois-Xavier GIRARD Monique HARVEY

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Born: 15 September 1834 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Francois-Xavier GIRARD

Mother: Monique HARVEY

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier GIRARD , Rosalie BONNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis HERVE (HARVEY) , Catherine PERRON

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Jean married Emerentienne BOUCHARD 9 February 1858 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was born 5 December 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Emerentienne died 7 October 1935 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Emerentienne was the child of Thadee BOUCHARD and Emilie MALTAIS.

Jean GIRARD died 16 March 1899 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Emerentienne BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 9 February 1858
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Emerentienne BOUCHARD was the child of Thadee BOUCHARD and Emilie MALTAIS

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Children of Jean GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Emma GIRARD

Born: 21 August 1860, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Francois-Xavier IMBEAULT 6 April 1880 Place: Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1834
15 September 1834
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD 9 February 1858, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Emma GIRARD was born 21 August 1860, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean was 25 years old.

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.