Flore FOSTER

Born

29 July 1830 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

8 July 1897 , Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada

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John Jean FOSTER (FORTIN)Catherine SIMARD

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Born: 29 July 1830 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: John Jean FOSTER (FORTIN)

Mother: Catherine SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Alexis SIMARD , Suzanne PERRON

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Flore married Joseph SIMARD 13 January 1851 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph SIMARD was born 6 July 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Marguerite SAVARD.

Flore FOSTER died 8 July 1897 in Saint-Siméon, 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
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Flore FOSTER married

Joseph SIMARD
Marriage date: 13 January 1851
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Joseph SIMARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMARD and Marguerite SAVARD

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Children of Joseph SIMARD and Flore FOSTER

Mathilde SIMARD

Born: 22 July 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 20 September 1931, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean TREMBLAY 1873 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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Birth — 1830
29 July 1830
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Flore FOSTER and Joseph SIMARD 13 January 1851, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Mathilde SIMARD was born 22 July 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Flore was 23 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.