Thomas SIMARD

(b. 26 August 1807 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1881 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas SIMARD was born 26 August 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Thomas SIMARD was the child of Ambroise SIMARD and Angele COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY (maternal) Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY

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

Thomas married Marie GAGNON 16 February 1830 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie GAGNON was born 23 July 1810 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marie died 17 September 1891 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Marie was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite RACINE.

Thomas SIMARD died 13 June 1881 in Chicoutimi, 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 Thomas SIMARD

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Thomas SIMARD married

Marie GAGNON-- Date: 16 February 1830 Place: Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Marie GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Marguerite RACINE

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Children of Thomas SIMARD and Marie GAGNON:

Neree SIMARD (b.21 January 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Mathilde TREMBLAY 13 February 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Adeline SIMARD (b.29 August 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 10 October 1870, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean TREMBLAY 1 June 1869 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois-Epimage SIMARD (b.23 September 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 21 March 1915, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Seraphine GUAY 1864 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1807 Birth
26 August 1807
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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas SIMARD and Marie GAGNON 16 February 1830, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Neree SIMARD was born 21 January 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Thomas was 24 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Adeline SIMARD was born 29 August 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 28 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Francois-Epimage SIMARD was born 23 September 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 31 years old.

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Neree SIMARD married 13 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Mathilde TREMBLAY

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.