Joseph SIMARD

(b. 2 March 1775 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 May 1844 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )

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Joseph SIMARD was born 2 March 1775 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph SIMARD was the child of François SIMARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Josephe TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIE

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

Joseph married Marie-Theophile FILION 23 January 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Theophile FILION was born 15 March 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Theophile was the child of Zacharie FILION and Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE.

Joseph SIMARD died 23 May 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .

m. Marie Madeleine Thibault
12 avril 1796
Baie Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec
Canada

m. Marie Theophile Filion
23 janvier 1798
Baie Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec
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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Joseph SIMARD married

Marie-Theophile FILION-- Date: 23 January 1798 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Theophile FILION was the child of Zacharie FILION and Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Children of Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Theophile FILION:

Roger SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE (b.5 April 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie PERRON 27 February 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Judith SIMARD (b.11 November 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1889, , Canada)
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 8 January 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Mamert (Omer) SIMARD (b.15 May 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 May 1877, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Christine TREMBLAY 27 November 1838 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1775 Birth
2 March 1775
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Theophile FILION 23 January 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Roger SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE was born 5 April 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Judith SIMARD was born 11 November 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 28 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Mamert (Omer) SIMARD was born 15 May 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 41 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

1821 Marriage of Child
Roger SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE married 27 February 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie PERRON

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Judith SIMARD married 8 January 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Mamert (Omer) SIMARD married 27 November 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Christine TREMBLAY

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)