Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Born

29 December 1807 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1890 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 23 April 1850 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada. Sophie was the child of Paterne GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Genevieve BOIVIN .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Parents of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Father

Jean-Charles SIMARD

Mother

Marie-Anne BOILY

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Charles SIMARD Rose COTE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BOILY Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Jean-Baptiste SIMARD married

Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 23 April 1850
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Paterne GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Genevieve BOIVIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Moise SIMARD

Born: 11 April 1851, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Luce TREMBLAY 13 January 1882 Place: Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1807
29 December 1807
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Sophie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 23 April 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 42 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Moise SIMARD was born 11 April 1851, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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

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.