Alexis SIMARD

Born

22 July 1785 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

7 April 1862 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD Felicite CÔTÉ

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Born: 22 July 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD

Mother: Felicite CÔTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SIMARD , Cecile TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Thomas COTE , Geneviève GAGNON

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Alexis married Quirille SAULNIER 13 October 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Quirille SAULNIER was born 21 September 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Quirille died 16 November 1872 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Quirille was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie-Thérèse GUAY.

Alexis SIMARD died 7 April 1862 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Alexis SIMARD married

Quirille SAULNIER
Marriage date: 13 October 1812
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Quirille SAULNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie-Thérèse GUAY

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Children of Alexis SIMARD and Quirille SAULNIER

Edouard SIMARD

Born: 3 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 20 April 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Marie-Celeste GAGNON 3 August 1852 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Hippolyte SIMARD

Born: 12 November 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 19 July 1916, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS 21 February 1854 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1785
22 July 1785
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Alexis SIMARD and Quirille SAULNIER 13 October 1812, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Edouard SIMARD was born 3 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Alexis was 41 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Hippolyte SIMARD was born 12 November 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Alexis was 43 years old.

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)

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Edouard SIMARD married 3 August 1852, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Marie-Celeste GAGNON