Jacob SIMARD

Born

24 February 1785 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 January 1863 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East

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Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD Euphronsine AMIOT dite VILLENEUVE

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Born: 24 February 1785 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD

Mother: Euphronsine AMIOT dite VILLENEUVE

Paternal grandparents: Prisque SIMARD , Angélique GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE , Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

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

Jacob married Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY 28 December 1809 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1787 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Josephte-Marie-Olive died 25 January 1862 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Josephte-Marie-Olive was the child of Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephte LAVOIE.

Jacob SIMARD died 29 January 1863 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Spouse & Children of Jacob SIMARD

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Jacob SIMARD married

Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 28 December 1809
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY was the child of Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephte LAVOIE

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Children of Jacob SIMARD and Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

Benjamin SIMARD

Born: 8 September 1810, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Theodore SIMARD

Born: 4 March 1812, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Died: 26 March 1856, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

Felix-Eustache SIMARD

Born: 12 December 1813, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Died: 1 August 1903, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Veronique BOLDUC 3 August 1840 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Lambert SIMARD

Born: 4 March 1824, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1785
24 February 1785
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jacob SIMARD and Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY 28 December 1809, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 24 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Benjamin SIMARD was born 8 September 1810, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jacob was 25 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Theodore SIMARD was born 4 March 1812, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jacob was 27 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Felix-Eustache SIMARD was born 12 December 1813, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jacob was 28 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Lambert SIMARD was born 4 March 1824, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jacob was 39 years old.

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 - 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

1840 Marriage of Child
Felix-Eustache SIMARD married 3 August 1840, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Veronique BOLDUC

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.

1856 Death of Child
Theodore SIMARD died 26 March 1856, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Jacob was 71 years old.

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY died 25 January 1862, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Death — 1863
29 January 1863
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.

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