Claire SIMARD

Born

25 July 1802 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

11 December 1875 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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François-Paul SIMARD Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD

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Born: 25 July 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: François-Paul SIMARD

Mother: Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: François SIMARD , Marie-Madeleine SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis GIRARD , Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Claire married Antoine DORVAL 14 November 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine DORVAL was born 8 February 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoine died 3 August 1836 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoine was the child of Henri-Raphael DORVAL and Marie-Anne BOIVIN.

Claire SIMARD died 11 December 1875 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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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Claire SIMARD married

Antoine DORVAL
Marriage date: 14 November 1826
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Antoine DORVAL was the child of Henri-Raphael DORVAL and Marie-Anne BOIVIN

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Children of Antoine DORVAL and Claire SIMARD

Seraphine DORVAL

Born: 11 March 1830, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Magloire TREMBLAY 15 October 1850 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1802
25 July 1802
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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Claire SIMARD and Antoine DORVAL 14 November 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 24 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Seraphine DORVAL was born 11 March 1830, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Claire was 27 years old.

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

1836 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine DORVAL died 3 August 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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 of Child
Seraphine DORVAL married 15 October 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Magloire TREMBLAY

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.