Henri SIMARD

(b. 19 August 1804 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 October 1884 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Henri SIMARD was born 19 August 1804 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Henri SIMARD was the child of Olivier SIMARD and Perpetue SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis-Henri SIMARD and Marie-Elisabeth-Justine GAUTHIER

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Henri married Helene TREMBLAY 20 September 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Helene TREMBLAY was born 17 January 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Helene died 20 May 1891 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Helene was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Josephe-Madeleine ALLARD.

Henri SIMARD died 18 October 1884 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 Henri SIMARD

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Henri SIMARD married

Helene TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 September 1825 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Helene TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Josephe-Madeleine ALLARD

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Children of Henri SIMARD and Helene TREMBLAY:

Abraham SIMARD (b.6 October 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )

Yves SIMARD (b.16 April 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 7 April 1913, St-Grégoire, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada)

Marie-Arthemise SIMARD (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Sophie SIMARD (b.17 June 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1904, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Euchariste COTE 2 August 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis SIMARD (b.16 August 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 26 October 1917, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA)

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1804 Birth
19 August 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Henri SIMARD and Helene TREMBLAY 20 September 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Abraham SIMARD was born 6 October 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Henri was 22 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Yves SIMARD was born 16 April 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Henri was 23 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Sophie SIMARD was born 17 June 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Henri 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
Louis SIMARD was born 16 August 1836, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Henri 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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Sophie SIMARD married 2 August 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph-Euchariste COTE

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.