Georges SIMARD

Born

31 August 1813 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

16 June 1847 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Louis SIMARD Helene BOLDUC

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Born: 31 August 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis SIMARD

Mother: Helene BOLDUC

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SIMARD , Marie-Victoire-Desanges LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOLDUC , Emerance BOUCHARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Georges married Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE 17 February 1835 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE was born 16 December 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marguerite died 3 March 1880 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER dit LACOULINE and Athalie VERREAULT.

Georges SIMARD died 16 June 1847 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Georges SIMARD married

Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE
Marriage date: 17 February 1835
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER dit LACOULINE and Athalie VERREAULT

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Children of Georges SIMARD and Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE

Helene SIMARD

Born: abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 15 February 1870 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1813
31 August 1813
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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage / Partner
Georges SIMARD and Marguerite SAULNIER dite LACOULINE 17 February 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 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)