Calixte SIMARD

Born

5 December 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

6 September 1868 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Calixte SIMARD

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Born: 5 December 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Parents of Calixte SIMARD

Father

Jerome SIMARD

Mother

Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER

Grandparents of Calixte SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD Felicite CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents

Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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

Calixte married Abraham GAUTHIER 8 October 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham GAUTHIER was born 10 May 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Abraham died 6 December 1879 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . Abraham was the child of Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Adelaide OTIS.

Calixte SIMARD died 6 September 1868 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Calixte SIMARD

Calixte SIMARD married

Abraham GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 8 October 1844
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Abraham GAUTHIER was the child of Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Adelaide OTIS

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Children of Abraham GAUTHIER and Calixte SIMARD

Anne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 5 March 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Hermengilde TREMBLAY 17 July 1883 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1823
5 December 1823
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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Calixte SIMARD and Abraham GAUTHIER 8 October 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Anne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 5 March 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Calixte was 40 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.