Josephte SIMARD

(b. 11 August 1767 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 January 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Josephte SIMARD was born 11 August 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte SIMARD was the child of Joseph-Marie SIMARD and Marie-Josephte POULIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne SIMARD and Barbe DUFOUR (maternal) Pierre POULIN and Marie-Anne DOYON

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

Josephte married Frederic FILION 3 February 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Frederic FILION was born 8 September 1765 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Frederic was the child of Zacharie FILION and Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE.

Josephte SIMARD died 5 January 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower 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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Josephte SIMARD married

Frederic FILION-- Date: 3 February 1795 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Frederic FILION was the child of Zacharie FILION and Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Children of Frederic FILION and Josephte SIMARD:

Marie FILION (b.14 September 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 3 October 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Alexis DUMAS 16 August 1825 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1767 Birth
11 August 1767
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Josephte SIMARD and Frederic FILION 3 February 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 27 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Marie FILION was born 14 September 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josephte was 30 years old.