Lucille FORTIN

Born

20 December 1809 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

2 February 1855 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Lucille married Jerome SIMARD 25 August 1829 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jerome SIMARD was born 6 October 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Jerome died 12 June 1875 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada . Jerome was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER .

Parents & Family of Lucille FORTIN

Parents of Lucille FORTIN

Father

Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN

Mother

Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU

Grandparents of Lucille FORTIN

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN Marie-Josephe PARÉ

Maternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU Dorothee VEAU dite SYLVAIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Lucille FORTIN

Lucille FORTIN married

Jerome SIMARD
Marriage date: 25 August 1829
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Jerome SIMARD was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

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, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
20 December 1809
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 Marriage / Partner
Lucille FORTIN and Jerome SIMARD 25 August 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 19 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

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)

Lucille was 30 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.