Pierre SIMONEAU

(b. 8 March 1777 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 April 1868 , St-Ferdinand, Cte Megantic, Canada )

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Pierre SIMONEAU was born 8 March 1777 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre SIMONEAU was the child of Pierre SIMONEAU and Marie-Charlotte BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) René SIMONEAU and Françoise-Genevieve LAMBERT (maternal) Charles BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Charlotte DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

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

Pierre married Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE 24 January 1797 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE was born 25 March 1775 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Josephe was the child of Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie-Josephe DEMERS.

Pierre SIMONEAU died 30 April 1868 in St-Ferdinand, Cte Megantic, 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 SIMONEAU married

Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE-- Date: 24 January 1797 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE was the child of Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie-Josephe DEMERS

Children of Pierre SIMONEAU and Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE:

Augustin SIMONEAU (b.7 January 1801, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 13 August 1881, St-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec, Canada)
m. Madeleine BOUCHER 30 January 1827 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1777 Birth
8 March 1777
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Pierre SIMONEAU and Josephe GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE 24 January 1797, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Augustin SIMONEAU was born 7 January 1801, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 23 years old.

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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Augustin SIMONEAU married 30 January 1827, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Madeleine BOUCHER

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)

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.

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)

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.