Martin SIMARD

(b. 14 November 1815 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1893 , La Baie, Québec, Canada )

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Martin SIMARD was born 14 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Martin SIMARD was the child of Francois-Noel SIMARD and Geneviève TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Dominique SIMARD and Josephte-Angélique BOUCHARD (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Geneviève DORVAL

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

Martin married Alexandrine BOUCHARD 11 January 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandrine BOUCHARD was born 19 November 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Alexandrine died 28 January 1910 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Alexandrine was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Felicte FORTIN.

Martin SIMARD died 20 August 1893 in La Baie, 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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Martin SIMARD married

Alexandrine BOUCHARD-- Date: 11 January 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Alexandrine BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Felicte FORTIN

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Children of Martin SIMARD and Alexandrine BOUCHARD:

Louis SIMARD (b.19 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 1 January 1920, Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada)
m. Sophie TREMBLAY 11 February 1862 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1815 Birth
14 November 1815
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)

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 / Partner
Martin SIMARD and Alexandrine BOUCHARD 11 January 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 26 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Louis SIMARD was born 19 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Martin was 26 years old.

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 - 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

1862 Marriage of Child
Louis SIMARD married 11 February 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Sophie TREMBLAY

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.