Esther SIMARD

Born

21 February 1808 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

6 May 1894 , Stanstead, Canada

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Lambert SIMARD Madeleine GIRARD

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Born: 21 February 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Lambert SIMARD

Mother: Madeleine GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier SIMARD , Gertrude-Francoise GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: François GIRARD , Madeleine TREMBLAY

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Esther married Pascal BOIVIN 11 November 1828 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pascal BOIVIN was born 10 April 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Pascal died 6 March 1859 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Pascal was the child of Mathieu BOIVIN and Marie FILION.

Esther SIMARD died 6 May 1894 in Stanstead, Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Esther SIMARD married

Pascal BOIVIN
Marriage date: 11 November 1828
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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Pascal BOIVIN was the child of Mathieu BOIVIN and Marie FILION

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Children of Pascal BOIVIN and Esther SIMARD

Celina BOIVIN

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois TREMBLAY 26 January 1864 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1808
21 February 1808
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

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Esther SIMARD and Pascal BOIVIN 11 November 1828, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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.

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pascal BOIVIN died 6 March 1859, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Celina BOIVIN married 26 January 1864, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Francois TREMBLAY

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.