Guillaume SIMARD

(b. 7 July 1829 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 18 March 1911 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume SIMARD was born 7 July 1829 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Guillaume SIMARD was the child of Abraham SIMARD and Marie-Felicite GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (maternal) Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD and Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILION

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Guillaume married Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS 19 February 1855 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was born 28 April 1834 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Rose died 21 June 1916 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Rose was the child of Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Venerande FORTIN.

Guillaume SIMARD died 18 March 1911 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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
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Guillaume SIMARD married

Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS-- Date: 19 February 1855 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was the child of Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Venerande FORTIN

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Children of Guillaume SIMARD and Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS:

Marie SIMARD (b.3 March 1856, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 1 March 1892, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 23 October 1882 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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1829 Birth
7 July 1829
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume SIMARD and Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS 19 February 1855, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marie SIMARD was born 3 March 1856, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 26 years old.

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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1882 Marriage of Child
Marie SIMARD married 23 October 1882, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Joseph TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 Death of Child
Marie SIMARD died 1 March 1892, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 62 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Death
18 March 1911
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.

Added: 10/8/2024 8:02:07 PM - Updated: 10/8/2024 8:04:21 PM