Felix-Eustache SIMARD

Born

12 December 1813 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Died

1 August 1903 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Jacob SIMARD Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

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Born: 12 December 1813 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Father: Jacob SIMARD

Mother: Josephte-Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Claude-Jean-Francois SIMARD , Euphronsine AMIOT dite VILLENEUVE

Maternal grandparents: Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephte LAVOIE

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Felix-Eustache married Veronique BOLDUC 3 August 1840 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique BOLDUC was born abt. 1816 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Veronique died 5 August 1873 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Veronique was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOLDUC and Emerentienne GAMACHE.

Felix-Eustache SIMARD died 1 August 1903 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Felix-Eustache SIMARD married

Veronique BOLDUC
Marriage date: 3 August 1840
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Veronique BOLDUC was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOLDUC and Emerentienne GAMACHE

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Children of Felix-Eustache SIMARD and Veronique BOLDUC

Zoe SIMARD

Born: 5 September 1842, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Arsene TREMBLAY 11 February 1861 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1813
12 December 1813
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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 - 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 / Partner
Felix-Eustache SIMARD and Veronique BOLDUC 3 August 1840, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 26 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Zoe SIMARD was born 5 September 1842, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Felix-Eustache was 28 years old.

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Zoe SIMARD married 11 February 1861, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Arsene TREMBLAY

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.