Joseph SIMARD

Born

8 July 1786 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

15 December 1830 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada

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Joseph SIMARD Agnes LACROIX

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Born: 8 July 1786 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph SIMARD

Mother: Agnes LACROIX

Paternal grandparents: Jean SIMARD , Angélique MERCIER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin LACROIX , Marie-Anne GAGNON

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Joseph married Elisabeth GIGUERE 23 October 1806 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth GIGUERE was born 30 April 1787 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Elisabeth died 12 March 1860 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Elisabeth was the child of Ignace GIGUERE and Madeleine MOREL.

Joseph SIMARD died 15 December 1830 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower 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

Elisabeth GIGUERE
Marriage date: 23 October 1806
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Elisabeth GIGUERE was the child of Ignace GIGUERE and Madeleine MOREL

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Children of Joseph SIMARD and Elisabeth GIGUERE

Louis SIMARD

Born: 7 September 1812, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Died: 15 October 1864, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada East

Married: Marcelline RACINE 6 May 1835 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1786
8 July 1786
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SIMARD and Elisabeth GIGUERE 23 October 1806, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 20 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Louis SIMARD was born 7 September 1812, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 26 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