Joseph SIMARD

Born

26 October 1800 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 February 1888 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Joseph SIMARD Madeleine BRASSARD

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Born: 26 October 1800 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph SIMARD

Mother: Madeleine BRASSARD

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Rene-Etienne SIMARD , Procule-Victoire GUAY

Maternal grandparents: Augustin BRASSARD , Genevieve IMBEAULT dite LAGRANGE

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Joseph married Marie BOUDREAU 18 September 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOUDREAU was born 22 April 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 5 July 1874 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie was the child of Lazare-Ignace BOUDREAU and Marie-Anne BERGERON.

Joseph SIMARD died 23 February 1888 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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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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Joseph SIMARD married

Marie BOUDREAU
Marriage date: 18 September 1821
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Marie BOUDREAU was the child of Lazare-Ignace BOUDREAU and Marie-Anne BERGERON

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Children of Joseph SIMARD and Marie BOUDREAU

Emilienne SIMARD

Born: 28 August 1832, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 15 January 1900, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON 26 April 1854 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1800
26 October 1800
La Malbaie, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SIMARD and Marie BOUDREAU 18 September 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Emilienne SIMARD was born 28 August 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 31 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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Emilienne SIMARD married 26 April 1854, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON

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.