Edouard SIMARD

Born

3 April 1827 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

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

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Alexis SIMARD Quirille SAULNIER

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Born: 3 April 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis SIMARD

Mother: Quirille SAULNIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD , Felicite CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER , Marie-Thérèse GUAY

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Edouard married Marie-Celeste GAGNON 3 August 1852 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Celeste GAGNON was born 22 May 1831 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Marie-Celeste died 24 February 1893 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Celeste was the child of Emilien GAGNON and Josephine FORTIN.

Edouard SIMARD died 20 April 1862 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Marie-Celeste GAGNON
Marriage date: 3 August 1852
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Marie-Celeste GAGNON was the child of Emilien GAGNON and Josephine FORTIN

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Children of Edouard SIMARD and Marie-Celeste GAGNON

Arthemise SIMARD

Born: 1 February 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 3 November 1953, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Edouard TREMBLAY 28 January 1879 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Treffle SIMARD

Born: 24 September 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Emma TREMBLAY 13 January 1885 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1827
3 April 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Edouard SIMARD and Marie-Celeste GAGNON 3 August 1852, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Arthemise SIMARD was born 1 February 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Edouard was 29 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Treffle SIMARD was born 24 September 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Edouard was 31 years old.