Madeleine SIMARD

(b. 9 April 1804 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 November 1889 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine SIMARD was born 9 April 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Madeleine SIMARD was the child of Honore SIMARD and Madeleine SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore-Timothee-Louis SIMARD and Geneviève GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (maternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Madeleine SIMARD

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Madeleine married Olivier SAULNIER 29 April 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Olivier SAULNIER was born 1 April 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Olivier died 30 October 1885 in Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend). Olivier was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE.

Madeleine SIMARD died 8 November 1889 in Alma, 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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Family and Children of Madeleine SIMARD

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Madeleine SIMARD married

Olivier SAULNIER-- Date: 29 April 1828 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Olivier SAULNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

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Children of Olivier SAULNIER and Madeleine SIMARD:

Adelaide SAULNIER (b.20 April 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 16 June 1904, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Georges TREMBLAY 23 November 1847 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Adele SAULNIER (b.3 October 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 11 September 1910, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis TREMBLAY 16 January 1849 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Fidele SAULNIER (b.22 August 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Callixte TREMBLAY 9 August 1853 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Anna SAULNIER (b.27 September 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Vildebond SIMARD 5 April 1853 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1804 Birth
9 April 1804
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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine SIMARD and Olivier SAULNIER 29 April 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 24 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Adelaide SAULNIER was born 20 April 1829, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 25 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Adele SAULNIER was born 3 October 1830, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Fidele SAULNIER was born 22 August 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Anna SAULNIER was born 27 September 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Madeleine was 32 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Adelaide SAULNIER married 23 November 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Georges TREMBLAY

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Adele SAULNIER married 16 January 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Alexis TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Anna SAULNIER married 5 April 1853, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Vildebond SIMARD

1853 Marriage of Child
Fidele SAULNIER married 9 August 1853, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Callixte TREMBLAY

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.

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.