Joseph SIMARD

Born

15 October 1831 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

10 September 1881 , Alma, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Marie-Anne NERON 30 September 1867 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne NERON was born 7 January 1847 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . Marie-Anne died 25 July 1942 in Amqui, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Richard NERON and Marie GAGNE .

Parents & Family of Joseph SIMARD

Parents of Joseph SIMARD

Father

Francois SIMARD

Mother

Marie-Angelique TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Joseph SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Isaac SIMARD Agathe GIRARD

Maternal grandparents

Michel TREMBLAY Ursule GAGNON

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph SIMARD

Joseph SIMARD married

Marie-Anne NERON
Marriage date: 30 September 1867
Marriage place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Marie-Anne NERON was the child of Richard NERON and Marie GAGNE

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Children of Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Anne NERON

Napoleon SIMARD

Born: 14 July 1874, Alma, Québec, Canada
Died: 14 July 1940, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Alphida BELLEY 29 April 1895

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1831
15 October 1831
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Anne NERON 30 September 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

He was 35 years old.

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.