Simeon DOIRON

Born

20 April 1849 , Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died

9 July 1918 , Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

Simeon married Marie Anne GALLANT 2 February 1874 in Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne GALLANT was born 19 May 1853 in Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Marie Anne died 10 February 1930 in Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada. Marie Anne was the child of Andre GALLANT and Marie Anne Rachel BOTT .

Parents & Family of Simeon DOIRON

Parents of Simeon DOIRON

Father

Laurent DOIRON

Mother

Marie MARTIN

Grandparents of Simeon DOIRON

Paternal grandparents

Laurent DOIRON Madeleine-Aimee PINEAULT

Maternal grandparents

Joseph MARTIN Judith LECLAIR

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Simeon DOIRON

Simeon DOIRON married

Marie Anne GALLANT
Marriage date: 2 February 1874
Marriage place: Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada
Marie Anne GALLANT was the child of Andre GALLANT and Marie Anne Rachel BOTT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Simeon DOIRON and Marie Anne GALLANT

Marie-Rachel DOIRON

Born: 16 March 1877, Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph POIRIER 6 February 1894

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1849
20 April 1849
Prince Edward Island, Canada

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 - 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.

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

1874 Marriage / Partner
Simeon DOIRON and Marie Anne GALLANT 2 February 1874, Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1877 Birth of Child
Marie-Rachel DOIRON was born 16 March 1877, Saint Alexis de Matapedia, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

Simeon was 27 years old.

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)

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)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)