François GIRARD

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15 May 1804 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

28 October 1871 , Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada

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Jean Marie GIRARD Catherine BADAILLAC (BADAYAC)

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Born: 15 May 1804 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Marie GIRARD

Mother: Catherine BADAILLAC (BADAYAC)

Maternal grandparents: Michel BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) , Marguerite BONENFANT

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François married Marie-Louise HAREL 30 May 1826 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise HAREL was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 19 April 1866 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre HAREL and Marie CAILLÉ.

François GIRARD died 28 October 1871 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada .
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Marie-Louise HAREL
Marriage date: 30 May 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise HAREL was the child of Pierre HAREL and Marie CAILLÉ

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Children of François GIRARD and Marie-Louise HAREL

François (Francis) (Frank) GIRARD

Born: 9 August 1828, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Genevieve DUHARNOIS dite LARAMEE 6 June 1851 Place: Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Marie GIRARD

Born: 27 April 1831, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
Died: 29 April 1904, Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Olivier CHAUVIN 6 February 1849 Place: Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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Birth — 1804
15 May 1804
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

1826 Marriage / Partner
François GIRARD and Marie-Louise HAREL 30 May 1826, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
François (Francis) (Frank) GIRARD was born 9 August 1828, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

François was 24 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 27 April 1831, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

François was 26 years old.

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)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Marie GIRARD married 6 February 1849, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime) to Olivier CHAUVIN

1851 Marriage of Child
François (Francis) (Frank) GIRARD married 6 June 1851, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada to Genevieve DUHARNOIS dite LARAMEE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise HAREL died 19 April 1866, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.