Charles GIROUX

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12 September 1811 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

Died

3 December 1857 , Pabos, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 12 September 1811 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Charles married Victoire BLAIS 12 August 1834 in Percé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire BLAIS was born 20 June 1813 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Victoire died 15 June 1866

Charles GIROUX died 3 December 1857 in Pabos, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Charles GIROUX married

Victoire BLAIS
Marriage date: 12 August 1834
Marriage place: Percé, Lower Canada

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Children of Charles GIROUX and Victoire BLAIS

Charles-Tranquille GIROUX

Born: 20 June 1849, Newport, Le Haut-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: 13 July 1923, Grande-Rivière, Gaspé-Est, Québec, Canada

Married: Euphemie COLLIN 6 November 1871

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Birth — 1811
12 September 1811
Beauport, Québec, 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)

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Charles GIROUX and Victoire BLAIS 12 August 1834, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

He was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Charles-Tranquille GIROUX was born 20 June 1849, Newport, Le Haut-Saint-François, Québec, Canada

Charles was 37 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.