Jean SIMARD

(b. 23 February 1720 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1789 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean SIMARD was born 23 February 1720 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Jean SIMARD was the child of Paul SIMARD and Geneviève GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE and Marie-Madeleine RACINE (maternal) Germain GAGNON and Jeanne DAVID

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

Jean married Élisabeth ROUSSET 13 November 1744 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Élisabeth ROUSSET was born 28 October 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Élisabeth was the child of François ROUSSET and Rosalie LAVOIE.

Jean SIMARD died 14 April 1789 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of 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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Jean SIMARD married

Élisabeth ROUSSET-- Date: 13 November 1744 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Élisabeth ROUSSET was the child of François ROUSSET and Rosalie LAVOIE

Children of Jean SIMARD and Élisabeth ROUSSET:

Marie-Rosalie SIMARD (b.2 October 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1792, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Come SIMARD 28 January 1769 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Geneviève SIMARD (b.9 February 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Ignace-Elzear TREMBLAY 2 March 1772 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Elisabeth SIMARD (b.29 December 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. , )

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1720 Birth
23 February 1720
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism found at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean SIMARD and Élisabeth ROUSSET 13 November 1744, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie SIMARD was born 2 October 1745, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean was 25 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Geneviève SIMARD was born 9 February 1748, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean was 27 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Elisabeth SIMARD was born 29 December 1750, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean was 30 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rosalie SIMARD married 28 January 1769, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis-Come SIMARD

1772 Marriage of Child
Geneviève SIMARD married 2 March 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Ignace-Elzear TREMBLAY

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.