Octave
SIMARD
Born
10 November 1817
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died
7 July 1900
,
Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
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Octave SIMARD was born 10 November 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (maternal) Nicolas-Godefroy GIRARD and Marie Josephe Claire "Victoire" FILIONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Octave married Marie PERRON 26 January 1847 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie PERRON was born 26 May 1822 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 11 September 1882 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). Marie was the child of Germain PERRON and Judith TREMBLAY.
Octave SIMARD died 7 July 1900 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Octave SIMARD was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Octave SIMARD was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Octave SIMARD
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Marie PERRON-- Date: 26 January 1847 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Marie PERRON was the child of Germain PERRON and Judith TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie PERRON-- Date: 26 January 1847 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada EastMarie PERRON was the child of Germain PERRON and Judith TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Octave SIMARD and Marie PERRON
Louise SIMARD (b.13 September 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )m. Francois TREMBLAY 16 February 1874 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)
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1817 Birth 10 November 1817
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1847 Marriage / PartnerOctave SIMARD and Marie PERRON 26 January 1847, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada
He was 29 years old.
1851 Birth of ChildLouise SIMARD was born 13 September 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
Octave was 33 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1874 Marriage of ChildLouise SIMARD married 16 February 1874, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington) to Francois TREMBLAY
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1882 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie PERRON died 11 September 1882, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)
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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1900 Death 7 July 1900
Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 82.
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