Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD

Born

31 October 1774 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 September 1858 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Jacques-Amable GIRARD Monique CHOQUET

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Born: 31 October 1774 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques-Amable GIRARD

Mother: Monique CHOQUET

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph GIRARD , Marie CADIEUX

Maternal grandparents: Jacques CHOQUET , Marie-Josèphe GAUTHIER

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Joseph-Toussaint married Marguerite GODU 15 September 1800 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite GODU was born 13 February 1780 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marguerite was the child of Joseph GODU and Charlotte BROUSSEAU dite LAFLEUR.

Joseph-Toussaint married (2) Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT 10 August 1807 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT was born 27 April 1785 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 9 November 1864 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET.

Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD died 26 September 1858 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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Spouse & Children of Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD

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Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD married

Marguerite GODU
Marriage date: 15 September 1800
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marguerite GODU was the child of Joseph GODU and Charlotte BROUSSEAU dite LAFLEUR

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Children of Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marguerite GODU

Marie-Sophie GIRARD

Born: 19 January 1802, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 5 November 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise GIRARD

Born: 8 August 1803, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 28 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Marie GARIEPY 13 September 1825 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD married

Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT
Marriage date: 10 August 1807
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET

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Children of Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT

Joseph GIRARD

Born: 14 June 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise BANLIER dite LAPERLE 25 September 1832 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite DAUPHINAIS 9 July 1844 Place: Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Jean GIRARD

Born: 27 December 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 22 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Augustin GIRARD

Born: 6 May 1811, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 3 August 1881, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Paule BOUSQUET 22 October 1833 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Josephte GIRARD

Born: 18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoine BANLIER dit LAPERLE 24 January 1832 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Angele GIRARD

Born: 24 May 1814, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 29 May 1886, La Présentation, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC 25 September 1832 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Amable GIRARD

Born: 6 April 1816, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise JALBERT 8 October 1844 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint GIRARD

Born: 14 December 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 9 January 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise GIRARD

Born: 18 April 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 17 September 1859, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East

Married: Joseph GAUDET 26 February 1838 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie GIRARD

Born: 15 January 1821, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Nazaire ARCHAMBAULT 16 August 1842 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint GIRARD

Born: 16 July 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 20 August 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Angele JANSON 18 January 1853 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1774
31 October 1774
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marguerite GODU 15 September 1800, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 25 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Marie-Sophie GIRARD was born 19 January 1802, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph-Toussaint was 27 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD was born 8 August 1803, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 28 years old.

1807 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Toussaint GIRARD and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT 10 August 1807, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1807 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1808 Birth of Child
Joseph GIRARD was born 14 June 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 33 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Jean GIRARD was born 27 December 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 35 years old.

1810 Death of Child
Marie-Sophie GIRARD died 5 November 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 36 years old.

1810 Death of Child
Jean GIRARD died 22 December 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 36 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Augustin GIRARD was born 6 May 1811, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 36 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Josephte GIRARD was born 18 August 1812, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 37 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Angele GIRARD was born 24 May 1814, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 39 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Amable GIRARD was born 6 April 1816, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 41 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Toussaint GIRARD was born 14 December 1817, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 43 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD was born 18 April 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 44 years old.

1820 Death of Child
Toussaint GIRARD died 9 January 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 45 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Sophie GIRARD was born 15 January 1821, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 46 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD married 13 September 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis-Marie GARIEPY

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Toussaint GIRARD was born 16 July 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 53 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIRARD married 24 January 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Antoine BANLIER dit LAPERLE

1832 Marriage of Child
Angele GIRARD married 25 September 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC

1832 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 25 September 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise BANLIER dite LAPERLE

1833 Marriage of Child
Augustin GIRARD married 22 October 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Paule BOUSQUET

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD married 26 February 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph GAUDET

1838 Death of Child
Marie-Louise GIRARD died 28 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint was 63 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Sophie GIRARD married 16 August 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Nazaire ARCHAMBAULT

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 9 July 1844, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé) to Marguerite DAUPHINAIS

1844 Marriage of Child
Amable GIRARD married 8 October 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise JALBERT

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Toussaint GIRARD married 18 January 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Angele JANSON

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.

Death — 1858
26 September 1858
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
He died at the age of 83.

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