François-Xavier CIMON

Born

8 October 1816 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

11 September 1869 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Andre CIMON Therese RODRIGUE

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Born: 8 October 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Andre CIMON

Mother: Therese RODRIGUE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SIMON (CIMON) , Angelique-Salomee MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Maternal grandparents: Francois RODRIGUE , Desanges GAGNÉ

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François-Xavier married Rufine SIMARD 25 January 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rufine SIMARD was born 18 August 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rufine died 29 March 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rufine was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Josephte FORTIN.

François-Xavier CIMON died 11 September 1869 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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François-Xavier CIMON married

Rufine SIMARD
Marriage date: 25 January 1842
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Rufine SIMARD was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Josephte FORTIN

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Children of François-Xavier CIMON and Rufine SIMARD

Victoire CIMON

Born: 27 December 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 24 April 1924, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Ovide TREMBLAY 8 February 1864 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Birth — 1816
8 October 1816
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

1842 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier CIMON and Rufine SIMARD 25 January 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Victoire CIMON was born 27 December 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

François-Xavier was 27 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.

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rufine SIMARD died 29 March 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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 Marriage of Child
Victoire CIMON married 8 February 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Ovide TREMBLAY

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.