Marguerite LESSARD

Born

30 November 1776 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

2 October 1874 , St-Férréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre LESSARD Marie-Geneviève RACINE

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Born: 30 November 1776 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre LESSARD

Mother: Marie-Geneviève RACINE

Paternal grandparents: Jean LESSARD , Marie-Anne LACROIX

Maternal grandparents: François RACINE , Marie GAGNON

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Marguerite married François SIMARD 28 July 1800 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François SIMARD was born 11 June 1771 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada . François died 19 November 1832 in St-Férréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada. François was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Marguerite LESSARD died 2 October 1874 in St-Férréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada.
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Marguerite LESSARD married

François SIMARD
Marriage date: 28 July 1800
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
François SIMARD was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Children of François SIMARD and Marguerite LESSARD

Marie SIMARD

Born: abt. 1801, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elie SEGUIN dit SAILLANT 20 February 1821 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

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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 — 1776
30 November 1776
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LESSARD and François SIMARD 28 July 1800, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 23 years old.

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie SIMARD married 20 February 1821, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada to Elie SEGUIN dit SAILLANT

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
François SIMARD died 19 November 1832, St-Férréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

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.