Carmelie SIMARD

(b. 20 September 1812 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1900 , St-Claude, Richmond, Canada )

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Carmelie SIMARD was born 20 September 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Carmelie SIMARD was the child of François-Paul SIMARD and Marie-Antoinette-Ursule GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Madeleine SIMARD (maternal) Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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

Carmelie married Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 7 February 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was born 5 October 1812 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Jean-Baptiste died 22 May 1884 in Danville, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY.

Carmelie SIMARD died 30 July 1900 in St-Claude, Richmond, 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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Family and Children of Carmelie SIMARD

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Carmelie SIMARD married

Jean-Baptiste GAGNON-- Date: 7 February 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste GAGNON was the child of Etienne GAGNON and Helene TREMBLAY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Carmelie SIMARD:

Marie GAGNON (b.8 October 1838, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 8 March 1927, Magog, Québec, Canada)
m. Michel LAVOIE 16 February 1857 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eveline GAGNON (b.8 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 12 August 1904, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Antoine TREMBLAY 25 July 1864 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1812 Birth
20 September 1812
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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Carmelie SIMARD and Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 7 February 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie GAGNON was born 8 October 1838, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Carmelie was 26 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Eveline GAGNON was born 8 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Carmelie was 30 years old.

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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNON married 16 February 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Michel LAVOIE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Eveline GAGNON married 25 July 1864, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Antoine TREMBLAY

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.