Ismael SIMARD

(b. 16 November 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1905 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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Ismael SIMARD was born 16 November 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Ismael SIMARD was the child of Pierre-Adolphe SIMARD and Modeste TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Salomon SIMARD and Marie GAMACHE (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Constance POTVIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Ismael married Sophie MOREL 11 October 1840 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie MOREL was born 8 May 1824 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Sophie died 23 April 1848 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Sophie was the child of Joseph MOREL and Marie SAILLANT.

Ismael married (2) Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 9 January 1849 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 9 April 1829 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adele-Louise died 23 January 1867 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Adele-Louise was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER and Adelaide TREMBLAY.

Ismael SIMARD died 25 March 1905 in Alma, Québec, 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
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Family and Children of Ismael SIMARD

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Ismael SIMARD married

Sophie MOREL-- Date: 11 October 1840 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Sophie MOREL was the child of Joseph MOREL and Marie SAILLANT

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Children of Ismael SIMARD and Sophie MOREL:

Marie SIMARD (b.abt. 1846, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 December 1903, Hull, Québec, Canada )
m. Guillaume TREMBLAY 22 September 1862 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Ismael SIMARD married

Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE-- Date: 9 January 1849 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER and Adelaide TREMBLAY

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Children of Ismael SIMARD and Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE:

Louise SIMARD (b.29 December 1861, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East d. 6 January 1934, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Québec, Canada )
m. Thomas TREMBLAY 24 January 1881 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1820 Birth
16 November 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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
Ismael SIMARD and Sophie MOREL 11 October 1840, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie MOREL died 23 April 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Ismael SIMARD and Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 9 January 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Louise SIMARD was born 29 December 1861, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Ismael was 41 years old.

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie SIMARD married 22 September 1862, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Guillaume 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.

1867 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adele-Louise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE died 23 January 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Louise SIMARD married 24 January 1881, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Thomas TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)