Quirille SIMARD

Born

13 April 1802 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

28 February 1886 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Salomon SIMARD Marie GAMACHE

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Born: 13 April 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Salomon SIMARD

Mother: Marie GAMACHE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre SIMARD , Ursule DUCHESNE

Maternal grandparents: Jerome GAMACHE , Marie-Veronique SIMARD

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Quirille married Luc GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 19 August 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luc GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 August 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Luc was the child of Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Suzanne TREMBLAY.

Quirille SIMARD died 28 February 1886 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Quirille SIMARD married

Luc GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 19 August 1823
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Luc GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Joseph-Francois GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Suzanne TREMBLAY

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Ide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 19 March 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Albert TREMBLAY 13 April 1858 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1802
13 April 1802
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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Quirille SIMARD and Luc GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 19 August 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Ide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 19 March 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Quirille was 32 years old.

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Ide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 13 April 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Albert TREMBLAY

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.