Jerome SIMARD

Born

6 October 1805 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

12 June 1875 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Jerome SIMARD Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER

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Born: 6 October 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jerome SIMARD

Mother: Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD , Felicite CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE , Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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Jerome married Lucille FORTIN 25 August 1829 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucille FORTIN was born 20 December 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Lucille died 2 February 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Lucille was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN and Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU.

Jerome SIMARD died 12 June 1875 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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
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Jerome SIMARD married

Lucille FORTIN
Marriage date: 25 August 1829
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Lucille FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN and Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU

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Children of Jerome SIMARD and Lucille FORTIN

Philomene SIMARD

Born: 5 November 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 12 July 1898, Normandin, Canada

Married: François-Xavier TREMBLAY 26 October 1858 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1805
6 October 1805
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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Jerome SIMARD and Lucille FORTIN 25 August 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Philomene SIMARD was born 5 November 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jerome was 35 years old.

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lucille FORTIN died 2 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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
Philomene SIMARD married 26 October 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François-Xavier 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.