François-Xavier SIMARD

Born

27 June 1839 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

6 September 1918 , Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier married Dorine PEDNEAULT 2 May 1861 in Escoumins, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorine PEDNEAULT was born 23 August 1839 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Dorine died 1 May 1924 in Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada. Dorine was the child of Bernard PEDNEAULT and Marie-Julienne DESBIENS .

Parents & Family of François-Xavier SIMARD

Parents of François-Xavier SIMARD

Father

Benjamin SIMARD

Mother

Emerance SAVARD

Grandparents of François-Xavier SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Benjamin SIMARD Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Basile SAVARD Marie-Archange TREMBLAY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François-Xavier SIMARD

François-Xavier SIMARD married

Dorine PEDNEAULT
Marriage date: 2 May 1861
Marriage place: Escoumins, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada
Dorine PEDNEAULT was the child of Bernard PEDNEAULT and Marie-Julienne DESBIENS

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Children of François-Xavier SIMARD and Dorine PEDNEAULT

Elzear SIMARD

Born: 12 June 1862, Grandes-Bergeronnes, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Died: 24 July 1948,

Married: Elisabeth TREMBLAY 8 August 1882

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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 — 1839
27 June 1839
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier SIMARD and Dorine PEDNEAULT 2 May 1861, Escoumins, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Elzear SIMARD was born 12 June 1862, Grandes-Bergeronnes, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

François-Xavier was 22 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)