Jacques GIRARD

(b. 28 September 1662 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1738 , Beaumont, Canada, New France )

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Jacques GIRARD was born 28 September 1662 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jacques GIRARD was the child of Joachim GIRARD and Marie HALAY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ) and Mathurine VALET

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Jacques married Mathurine POIRÉ 24 April 1687 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Mathurine POIRÉ was born 18 December 1672 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Mathurine died 5 July 1746 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Mathurine was the child of Laurent POIRÉ and Geneviève LECLERC.

Jacques GIRARD died 30 August 1738 in Beaumont, Canada, New France .
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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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Jacques GIRARD married

Mathurine POIRÉ-- Date: 24 April 1687 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
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Mathurine POIRÉ was the child of Laurent POIRÉ and Geneviève LECLERC

Children of Jacques GIRARD and Mathurine POIRÉ:

Jean-Baptiste GIRARD (b.1 May 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 23 May 1790, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne COUILLARD 14 May 1727 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Joseph GIRARD (b.abt. 1697, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 November 1747, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Madeleine MARCHAND 3 November 1729 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Charles-François GIRARD (b.30 July 1699, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 August 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise DUQUET 18 November 1733 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Claude GIRARD (b.27 February 1704, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Suzanne GUAY 27 November 1736 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Louis GIRARD (b.19 July 1709, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 23 May 1784, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte JOURDAIN 26 October 1750 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Francoise GIRARD (b.24 August 1711, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1784, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis COUTURE 28 September 1744 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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1662 Birth
28 September 1662
Québec, Canada, New France

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1687 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GIRARD and Mathurine POIRÉ 24 April 1687, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 24 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD was born 1 May 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jacques was 32 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Birth of Child
Charles-François GIRARD was born 30 July 1699, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jacques was 36 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Claude GIRARD was born 27 February 1704, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Jacques was 41 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Louis GIRARD was born 19 July 1709, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Jacques was 46 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Francoise GIRARD was born 24 August 1711, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Jacques was 48 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1727 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIRARD married 14 May 1727 , Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Marie-Anne COUILLARD

1729 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 3 November 1729, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Madeleine MARCHAND

1733 Marriage of Child
Charles-François GIRARD married 18 November 1733, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Marie-Louise DUQUET

1736 Marriage of Child
Claude GIRARD married 27 November 1736, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Suzanne GUAY