Olive SIMARD

Born

1 April 1826 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

10 August 1903 , Alma, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Adolphe SIMARD Modeste TREMBLAY

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Olive SIMARD was born 1 April 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Olive 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

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Olive married Prudent TREMBLAY 12 January 1847 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Prudent TREMBLAY was born 27 February 1823 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Prudent died 18 November 1857 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Prudent was the child of François TREMBLAY and Marie BOUDREAU.

Olive SIMARD died 10 August 1903 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Olive SIMARD

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Olive SIMARD married

Prudent TREMBLAY-- Date: 12 January 1847 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Prudent TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Marie BOUDREAU

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Children of Prudent TREMBLAY and Olive SIMARD

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.16 October 1847, La Baie, Canada East d. 11 November 1907, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Theodora MARTEL 8 April 1872 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Louise TREMBLAY (b.21 April 1849, La Baie, Canada East d. , )

Celestine TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Neree TREMBLAY (b.20 December 1852, La Baie, Canada East d. 13 February 1918, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada )
m. Hortense GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 4 October 1875 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada
m. Marie Louise PARE 27 June 1882 in Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend)

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1826 Birth
1 April 1826
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Olive SIMARD and Prudent TREMBLAY 12 January 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 20 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olive was 21 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 21 April 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olive was 23 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Neree TREMBLAY was born 20 December 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olive was 26 years old.

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Prudent TREMBLAY died 18 November 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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.

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.

1872 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 8 April 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Theodora MARTEL

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

1875 Marriage of Child
Neree TREMBLAY married 4 October 1875, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Hortense GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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)

1882 Marriage of Child
Neree TREMBLAY married 27 June 1882, Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend) to Marie Louise PARE

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