Antoine SIMARD

Born

21 August 1801 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

17 July 1862 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East

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Born: 21 August 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Parents of Antoine SIMARD

Father

Antoine-Salomon SIMARD

Mother

Thecle-Thaddee LAVOIE

Grandparents of Antoine SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Pierre SIMARD Ursule DUCHESNE

Maternal grandparents

Étienne-Henri LAVOIE Felicite SIMARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Antoine married Marie-Louise GAGNON 23 June 1829 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GAGNON was born 18 January 1806 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise died 14 March 1857 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East . Marie-Louise was the child of Antoine GAGNON and Madeleine FRADET.

Antoine SIMARD died 17 July 1862 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine SIMARD

Antoine SIMARD married

Marie-Louise GAGNON
Marriage date: 23 June 1829
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise GAGNON was the child of Antoine GAGNON and Madeleine FRADET

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Children of Antoine SIMARD and Marie-Louise GAGNON

Joseph SIMARD

Born: 8 January 1830, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine-Adeline CAMPAGNA 10 January 1854 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1801
21 August 1801
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Antoine SIMARD and Marie-Louise GAGNON 23 June 1829, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph SIMARD was born 8 January 1830, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Antoine was 28 years old.

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)

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Joseph SIMARD married 10 January 1854, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East to Catherine-Adeline CAMPAGNA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise GAGNON died 14 March 1857, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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

Death — 1862
17 July 1862
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East
He died at the age of 60.

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