Josette SIMARD

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9 August 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

3 March 1845 , La Baie, Canada East

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Joseph SIMARD Rosalie RODRIGUE

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Born: 9 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph SIMARD

Mother: Rosalie RODRIGUE

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Francois-Elzear SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE , Desanges GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: Jacques RODRIGUE , Marie-Antoinette BERNIER

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Josette married Joseph ROUSSEAU 17 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROUSSEAU was born 8 June 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph died 21 March 1871 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Joseph was the child of Laurent ROUSSEAU and Marie SIMARD.

Josette SIMARD died 3 March 1845 in La Baie, Canada East .
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Josette SIMARD married

Joseph ROUSSEAU
Marriage date: 17 January 1815
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Joseph ROUSSEAU was the child of Laurent ROUSSEAU and Marie SIMARD

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Elmire-Arthemise ROUSSEAU

Born: 9 April 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Timothee TREMBLAY 8 January 1856 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1798
9 August 1798
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Josette SIMARD and Joseph ROUSSEAU 17 January 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 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)

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 Birth of Child
Elmire-Arthemise ROUSSEAU was born 9 April 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josette was 38 years old.

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)