Benjamin SIMARD

Born

15 June 1815 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

6 October 1902 , Escoumins, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Benjamin married Emerance SAVARD 21 November 1837 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerance SAVARD was born 3 January 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Emerance died 20 August 1850 in Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada. Emerance was the child of Basile SAVARD and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Benjamin SIMARD

Parents of Benjamin SIMARD

Father

Benjamin SIMARD

Mother

Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Benjamin SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Hyacinthe SIMARD Marie TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Urbain TREMBLAY Dorothee GONTHIER

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin SIMARD

Benjamin SIMARD married

Emerance SAVARD
Marriage date: 21 November 1837
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Emerance SAVARD was the child of Basile SAVARD and Marie-Archange TREMBLAY

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Children of Benjamin SIMARD and Emerance SAVARD

François-Xavier SIMARD

Born: 27 June 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 6 September 1918, Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Dorine PEDNEAULT 2 May 1861

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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 — 1815
15 June 1815
Les Éboulements, 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin SIMARD and Emerance SAVARD 21 November 1837, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
François-Xavier SIMARD was born 27 June 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Benjamin was 24 years old.

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emerance SAVARD died 20 August 1850, Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada

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.