Noel  SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE

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Noël SIMARD — (ca 1637 - 1715)

Ancestor Noël Simard dit Lombrette was laid to rest on July 24th, 1715, at Baie-St-Paul, Québec.

Noël married Madeleine Racine at Château-Richer on November 22nd, 1661. At a time when infant mortality was high, their family was unusual: all fourteen of their children lived to adulthood and married. Madeleine and Noël had at least 140 grandchildren. (Although this might seem like a record among French-Canadian pioneers, Pierre Parent and Jeanne Badeau are probably the champions, with 18 children and more than 190 grandchildren.)

Noël and Madeleine have many notable descendants including Jim Carrey and Céline Dion. According to WikiTree, Liza Minnelli (daughter of Vincente and Judy Garland) is also a descendant through Vincente's mother, May Lebeau.

[Sources: PRDH; Fichier-Origine; 'Noël Simard', Our French-Canadian Ancestors (vol.9, pp.220-232), Gérard Lebel (Thomas J. Laforest (tr.)), Palm Harbor, Florida, 1983.]
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Noel Simard was from Puymoyen (Charente, France). He and his wife Madeleine Racine were married on November 22nd, 1661. They settled in Noel Baie-Saint-Paul where Noel built a mill.
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from Rootsweb.com -- 'He was the son of Pierre Simard of Puymoyen, Angouleme, Charentes, France. Noel departed from France for Québec on June 21, 1657.'

'Noël Simard originated from Puymoyen in Angoumois, France and settled on the coast of Beaupré with his father in 1658.

Three years later, he married Marie-Madeleine Racine, daughter of a pioneer of the coast of Beaupré.

Father and son settled at Chateau-Richer, the first using his skills as mason and the later, cultivating the land. From 1667 they owned thirteen arpents of cleared land and had four cattle in their barn. Fourteen years later, at the 1681 census, these numbers had grown to thirty arpents and twenty horned animals quite a success. That same year, Noël Simard went to settle at Baie-St-Paul with a part of his family. One of the pioneers of that area, he died in 1715.

All of the Simards in Canada are descendants of Noël Simard. That family is today one of the largest in the country. We find them almost...Read full story

'On 17 August 1659, Noel Simard stood before Father Ragueneau as the god-father of Marguerite Meusnier, at the Lessard house this is the first indication of his presence on the Beaupre coast.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 221

1666 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Noel Cimar, macon, 29 years
Marie Racine, 20 years
Pierre Cimar, 3 years
Noel Cimar, 16 months
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Pierre Simard, habitant, 64 years
Noel Simard, 30 years
Marie Racine, 21 years
Pierre Simard, 4 years
Noel Simard, 3 years
Marie Simard, 8 months

They owned 13 arpents of cultivated land and 4 head of cattle.

1681 Census - Seigneurie de Beaupre
Pierre Simard, macon, habitant, 60 years
Noel Simard, 46 years
Madeleine Racine, 32 years
Noel Simard, 19 years
Etienne Simard, 17 years
Pierre Simard, 13 years
Joseph Simard, 10 years
Augustin Simard, 8 years
Francois Simard, 6 years
Marie Simard, 14 years
Francoise Simard, 11 years
Rosalie Simard, 1 year

They owned 30 arpents of cleared land, 20 head of cattle and 3 guns.
1681 Census - New France
The French In North America: 1500-1783

'In 1715, Noel Simard fell ill and died in the presence of his wife and children on 24 July...The weeping family carried his body to Baie Saint-Paul...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 228