Edouard (Edward) SIMARD

Born

23 January 1807 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

17 April 1872 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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Jean SIMARD Olive GUAY

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Born: 23 January 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean SIMARD

Mother: Olive GUAY

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

Maternal grandparents: François GUAY (CASTONGUAY) , Marie-Josephte ALLAIRE

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Edouard (Edward) married Marie-Marthe TREMBLAY 30 August 1836 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada . Marie-Marthe TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1818 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Marthe was the child of André-Bruno TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine TREMBLAY.

Edouard (Edward) SIMARD died 17 April 1872 in Matane, Québec, Canada .
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Edouard (Edward) SIMARD married

Marie-Marthe TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 30 August 1836
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Marie-Marthe TREMBLAY was the child of André-Bruno TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine TREMBLAY

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Birth — 1807
23 January 1807
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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Edouard (Edward) SIMARD and Marie-Marthe TREMBLAY 30 August 1836, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 29 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)

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.

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.