Pierre GIRARD

Born

26 August 1718 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

23 September 1796 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Louis GIRARD Marguerite TARDIF

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Born: 26 August 1718 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Louis GIRARD

Mother: Marguerite TARDIF

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GIRARD , Suzanne LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume LETARDIF , Marguerite GODIN

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Pierre married Marie-Anne VÉZINA 9 February 1739 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Anne VÉZINA was born 14 March 1716 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 7 January 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE).

Pierre GIRARD died 23 September 1796 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Anne VÉZINA
Marriage date: 9 February 1739
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Anne VÉZINA was the child of Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Children of Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Pierre-Louis GIRARD

Born: 13 June 1740, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 4 November 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Emerentienne BOUCHARD 20 February 1764 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Geneviève GAGNÉ 27 November 1798 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

Born: 22 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 16 May 1779, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis-Marie TREMBLAY 12 January 1757 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jerome-Isaac GIRARD

Born: 31 October 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 7 January 1821, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Madeleine BOUCHARD 12 November 1770 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD

Born: 28 June 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 22 September 1835, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Michel LAVOIE 31 January 1764 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Married: Michel RACINE 1 October 1781 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Josephte GIRARD

Born: 28 July 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 2 June 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis-François FORTIN 10 January 1763 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Victoire GIRARD

Born: 14 February 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 13 February 1831, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine FILION 29 October 1770 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis-Marie GIRARD

Born: 14 May 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 15 February 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY 6 November 1775 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Agathe GIRARD

Born: 3 April 1752, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 18 October 1791, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Honore-Saveur TREMBLAY 12 October 1774 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François GIRARD

Born: 19 June 1754, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 5 April 1846, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East

Married: Madeleine TREMBLAY 18 November 1776 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Fortunée GIRARD

Born: 23 March 1756, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 13 December 1833, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: André FILION 1 September 1777 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Felicite GIRARD

Born: 14 July 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 16 May 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 16 January 1787 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1718
26 August 1718
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA 9 February 1739, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Pierre-Louis GIRARD was born 13 June 1740, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 21 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD was born 22 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre was 23 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Jerome-Isaac GIRARD was born 31 October 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD was born 28 June 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD was born 28 July 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Victoire GIRARD was born 14 February 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie GIRARD was born 14 May 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe GIRARD was born 3 April 1752, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
François GIRARD was born 19 June 1754, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Fortunée GIRARD was born 23 March 1756, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD married 12 January 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis-Marie TREMBLAY

1759 Birth of Child
Felicite GIRARD was born 14 July 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD married 10 January 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis-François FORTIN

1764 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD married 31 January 1764, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Michel LAVOIE

1764 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Louis GIRARD married 20 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Emerentienne BOUCHARD

1770 Marriage of Child
Victoire GIRARD married 29 October 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Antoine FILION

1770 Marriage of Child
Jerome-Isaac GIRARD married 12 November 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Madeleine BOUCHARD

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Agathe GIRARD married 12 October 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Honore-Saveur TREMBLAY

1775 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie GIRARD married 6 November 1775, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
François GIRARD married 18 November 1776, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Madeleine TREMBLAY

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie-Fortunée GIRARD married 1 September 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to André FILION

1779 Death of Child
Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD died 16 May 1779, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 60 years old.

1780 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD died 2 June 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 61 years old.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Agathe GIRARD married 1 October 1781, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Michel RACINE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Felicite GIRARD married 16 January 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

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

1791 Death of Child
Marie-Agathe GIRARD died 18 October 1791, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 73 years old.

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

1795 Death of Child
Louis-Marie GIRARD died 15 February 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre was 76 years old.

Death — 1796
23 September 1796
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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