Eugene GIRARD

Born

1 May 1836 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

11 July 1905 , Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

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Born: 1 May 1836 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Eugene married Julie BOURBEAU 28 March 1871 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie BOURBEAU was born 11 March 1839 in Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin). Julie died 31 July 1902 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville).

Eugene GIRARD died 11 July 1905 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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Julie BOURBEAU
Marriage date: 28 March 1871
Marriage place: Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

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Children of Eugene GIRARD and Julie BOURBEAU

Marie-Arselia GIRARD

Born: 30 June 1875, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada
Died: 30 November 1947, Wickham, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

Married: Ernest LECLAIR dit HOUDE (CLAIR) 16 September 1901

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Birth — 1836
1 May 1836
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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 - 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.

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Eugene GIRARD and Julie BOURBEAU 28 March 1871, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

He was 34 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Marie-Arselia GIRARD was born 30 June 1875, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

Eugene was 39 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada