Simon BLACKBURN

(b. 26 October 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 1 March 1878 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Simon BLACKBURN was born 26 October 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Simon BLACKBURN was the child of Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN and Genevieve GAGNON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Cecile KAORATE dite PELLETIER

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

Simon married Genevieve CHOUINARD 15 April 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CHOUINARD was born 2 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Genevieve died 19 September 1847 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Marie CHOUINARD and Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Simon BLACKBURN died 1 March 1878 in La Malbaie, 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 Simon BLACKBURN

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Simon BLACKBURN married

Genevieve CHOUINARD-- Date: 15 April 1823 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Genevieve CHOUINARD was the child of Jean-Marie CHOUINARD and Geneviève MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Children of Simon BLACKBURN and Genevieve CHOUINARD:

Adelaine Zoe "Ide" BLACKBURN (b.1 October 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1914, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Luc TREMBLAY 11 January 1842 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1798 Birth
26 October 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Simon BLACKBURN and Genevieve CHOUINARD 15 April 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 24 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Adelaine Zoe "Ide" BLACKBURN was born 1 October 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Simon was 24 years old.

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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Adelaine Zoe "Ide" BLACKBURN married 11 January 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Luc TREMBLAY

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve CHOUINARD died 19 September 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.

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.