Genevieve SIMARD

Born

3 January 1827 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

25 May 1874 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

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Michel SIMARD Josephte GRENON

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Born: 3 January 1827 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Michel SIMARD

Mother: Josephte GRENON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Michel SIMARD , Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Maternal grandparents: Michel GRENON , Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

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Genevieve married Benjamin TREMBLAY 7 August 1860 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 1 May 1837 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Benjamin was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES).

Genevieve SIMARD died 25 May 1874 in Saint-Hilarion, 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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Genevieve SIMARD married

Benjamin TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 7 August 1860
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Benjamin TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Arsene DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

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Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY and Genevieve SIMARD

Onesime TREMBLAY

Born: 28 April 1863, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1867, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Anysie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1872, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1827
3 January 1827
Québec Province, 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.

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve SIMARD and Benjamin TREMBLAY 7 August 1860, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 33 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY was born 28 April 1863, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Genevieve was 36 years old.

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.