Olympe SIMARD

Born

2 January 1822 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

28 September 1873 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Louis SIMARD Elisabeth CUNNINGHAM

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Born: 2 January 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis SIMARD

Mother: Elisabeth CUNNINGHAM

Paternal grandparents: Pierre SIMARD , Ursule DUCHESNE

Maternal grandparents: Christophe CUNNINGHAM , Ursule LAVOIE

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Olympe married Antoine TREMBLAY 12 September 1844 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 25 February 1821 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Antoine was the child of François TREMBLAY and Marie BOUDREAU.

Olympe SIMARD died 28 September 1873 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Olympe SIMARD married

Antoine TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 12 September 1844
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Antoine TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Marie BOUDREAU

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Children of Antoine TREMBLAY and Olympe SIMARD

Marie-Clara-Clarisse TREMBLAY

Born: 8 October 1845, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Francois TREMBLAY

Born: 31 May 1847, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louise BOUCHARD 15 February 1870 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Married: Marthe TURCOTTE 24 January 1876 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Married: Adele TURCOTTE 24 January 1881 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Osee TREMBLAY

Born: 19 March 1849, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie FORTIN 28 October 1873 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Nathanael TREMBLAY

Born: 5 January 1853, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 3 April 1936, St-Gabriel-Lalemant, Ferland-et-Boileau, Canada

Married: Eloise SIMARD 11 August 1885 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1822
2 January 1822
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
Olympe SIMARD and Antoine TREMBLAY 12 September 1844, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 22 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Clara-Clarisse TREMBLAY was born 8 October 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 23 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 31 May 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 25 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Osee TREMBLAY was born 19 March 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 27 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Nathanael TREMBLAY was born 5 January 1853, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 31 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.

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Francois TREMBLAY married 15 February 1870, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Louise BOUCHARD