Pierre-Louis GIRARD

Born

13 June 1740 , Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Died

4 November 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Pierre GIRARD Marie-Anne VÉZINA

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Born: 13 June 1740 in Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre GIRARD

Mother: Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GIRARD , Marguerite TARDIF

Maternal grandparents: Pierre VÉZINA , Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Pierre-Louis married Emerentienne BOUCHARD 20 February 1764 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was born 1 September 1745 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emerentienne died 22 November 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Emerentienne was the child of Antoine BOUCHARD and Jeanne GAGNON.

Pierre-Louis married (2) Geneviève GAGNÉ 27 November 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 10 September 1756 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Geneviève was the child of Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD.

Pierre-Louis GIRARD died 4 November 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower 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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Pierre-Louis GIRARD married

Emerentienne BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 20 February 1764
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
Emerentienne BOUCHARD was the child of Antoine BOUCHARD and Jeanne GAGNON

Children of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Antoine GIRARD

Born: 2 April 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 September 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Charlotte SIMARD 20 November 1792 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Married: Marie FILION 19 February 1805 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Anne GIRARD

Born: 28 August 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 February 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptitse BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS 14 May 1793 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Madeleine GIRARD

Born: abt. 1773, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 July 1847, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Ignace BRISSON 7 October 1805 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Agnes GIRARD

Born: 21 August 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Etienne GAGNÉ 5 April 1796 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thérèse GIRARD

Born: 21 August 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 June 1852, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Laurent BRISSON 17 November 1801 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas GIRARD

Born: 17 October 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 June 1858, Saint-Valentin, Canada East

Married: Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE 20 January 1818 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD

Born: 30 May 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Paul SIMARD 19 October 1801 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Euphrosine GIRARD

Born: 20 January 1786, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel BOILY 27 November 1804 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis GIRARD married

Geneviève GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 27 November 1798
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Geneviève GAGNÉ was the child of Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

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Birth — 1740
13 June 1740
Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD 20 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Antoine GIRARD was born 2 April 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 24 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GIRARD was born 28 August 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Agnes GIRARD was born 21 August 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 36 years old.

1776 Birth of Child
Thérèse GIRARD was born 21 August 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 36 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Thomas GIRARD was born 17 October 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 38 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD was born 30 May 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 39 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Euphrosine GIRARD was born 20 January 1786, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 45 years old.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Antoine GIRARD married 20 November 1792, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Charlotte SIMARD

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GIRARD married 14 May 1793, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptitse BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS

1796 Marriage of Child
Agnes GIRARD married 5 April 1796, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Etienne GAGNÉ

1797 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emerentienne BOUCHARD died 22 November 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Geneviève GAGNÉ 27 November 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 58 years old.

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD married 19 October 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François-Paul SIMARD

1801 Marriage of Child
Thérèse GIRARD married 17 November 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Laurent BRISSON

1804 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine GIRARD married 27 November 1804, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Michel BOILY

1805 Marriage of Child
Antoine GIRARD married 19 February 1805, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie FILION

1805 Marriage of Child
Madeleine GIRARD married 7 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ignace BRISSON

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Thomas GIRARD married 20 January 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Child
Antoine GIRARD died 20 September 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pierre-Louis was 80 years old.

Death — 1823
4 November 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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