Roger SIMARD

(b. 15 November 1789 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 February 1857 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )

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Roger SIMARD was born 15 November 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Roger SIMARD was the child of Louis-Isaac-Absalon SIMARD and Josette FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY (maternal) Jacques FORTIN and Angélique TREMBLAY

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

Roger married Antoinette PERRON 25 November 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoinette PERRON was born 4 October 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoinette died 5 October 1830 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoinette was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Amable PERRON and Marie-Josephte-Dorothee BOIVIN.

Roger SIMARD died 12 February 1857 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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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Roger SIMARD married

Antoinette PERRON-- Date: 25 November 1806 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Antoinette PERRON was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Amable PERRON and Marie-Josephte-Dorothee BOIVIN

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Children of Roger SIMARD and Antoinette PERRON:

Henriette SIMARD (b.11 December 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Magloire TREMBLAY 9 February 1836 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Quirille-Cyrille SIMARD (b.29 July 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Leandre TREMBLAY 23 May 1842 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

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1789 Birth
15 November 1789
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1806 Marriage / Partner
Roger SIMARD and Antoinette PERRON 25 November 1806, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 17 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Henriette SIMARD was born 11 December 1809, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Roger was 20 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Quirille-Cyrille SIMARD was born 29 July 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Roger was 24 years old.

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoinette PERRON died 5 October 1830, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1836 Marriage of Child
Henriette SIMARD married 9 February 1836, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Magloire TREMBLAY

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
Quirille-Cyrille SIMARD married 23 May 1842, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Leandre 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)

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 Death
12 February 1857
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

He died at the age of 67.

Added: 1/17/2024 3:25:04 PM - Updated: 2/20/2024 7:00:47 PM