Simon ST-MARTIN

(b. 7 November 1829 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 3 December 1886 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Simon ST-MARTIN was born 7 November 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Simon ST-MARTIN was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Therese ETHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine ST-MARTIN and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN (maternal) Louis ÉTHIER and Judith HUS COURNOYER

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

Simon married Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 14 February 1854 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 18 December 1836 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 1 May 1903 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie was the child of Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Modeste PELOQUIN.

Simon ST-MARTIN died 3 December 1886 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Simon ST-MARTIN married

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE-- Date: 14 February 1854 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Benjamin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Modeste PELOQUIN

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Children of Simon ST-MARTIN and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Simon ST-MARTIN (b.10 August 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East d. 5 March 1886, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Edwidge PELOQUIN 6 February 1877 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1829 Birth
7 November 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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 / Partner
Simon ST-MARTIN and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 14 February 1854, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Simon ST-MARTIN was born 10 August 1857, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Simon was 27 years old.

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.