Moise GIRARD

Born

9 May 1781 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 January 1860 , Henryville, Canada East

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Jerome-Isaac GIRARD Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Born: 9 May 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jerome-Isaac GIRARD

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GIRARD , Marie-Anne VÉZINA

Maternal grandparents: Michel BOUCHARD , Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

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Moise married Melanise FORTIN 2 February 1824 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Melanise FORTIN was born 24 February 1805 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Melanise was the child of Luc-Clement FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine GAUDREAU.

Moise GIRARD died 25 January 1860 in Henryville, Canada East .
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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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Melanise FORTIN
Marriage date: 2 February 1824
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada
Melanise FORTIN was the child of Luc-Clement FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine GAUDREAU

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Children of Moise GIRARD and Melanise FORTIN

Emilie GIRARD

Born: 24 September 1826, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: 2 February 1851, Henryville, Canada East

Married: Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) 13 October 1845 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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Birth — 1781
9 May 1781
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Moise GIRARD and Melanise FORTIN 2 February 1824, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 42 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Emilie GIRARD was born 24 September 1826, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Moise was 45 years old.

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

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)