Joseph SIMARD

Born

12 July 1801 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

22 October 1872 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Louis SIMARD Helene BOLDUC

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Born: 12 July 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis SIMARD

Mother: Helene BOLDUC

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SIMARD , Marie-Victoire-Desanges LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOLDUC , Emerance BOUCHARD

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Joseph married Monique SIMARD 8 February 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Monique SIMARD was born abt. 1801 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Monique died 26 December 1843 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Monique was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Suzanne LAVOIE.

Joseph SIMARD died 22 October 1872 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Monique SIMARD
Marriage date: 8 February 1825
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Monique SIMARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Suzanne LAVOIE

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Children of Joseph SIMARD and Monique SIMARD

Hermine SIMARD

Born: abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Abraham TREMBLAY 14 August 1849 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Zenobie SIMARD

Born: 12 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Cleophe TREMBLAY 8 January 1856 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1801
12 July 1801
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SIMARD and Monique SIMARD 8 February 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Zenobie SIMARD was born 12 July 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Monique SIMARD died 26 December 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Hermine SIMARD married 14 August 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Abraham TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Zenobie SIMARD married 8 January 1856, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Cleophe TREMBLAY

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.