Calixte SIMARD

(b. 5 December 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 6 September 1868 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Calixte SIMARD was born 5 December 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Calixte SIMARD was the child of Jerome SIMARD and Marie-Catherine GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Godefroy SIMARD and Felicite CÔTÉ (maternal) Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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

Calixte married Abraham GAUTHIER 8 October 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham GAUTHIER was born 10 May 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Abraham died 6 December 1879 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Abraham was the child of Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Adelaide OTIS.

Calixte SIMARD died 6 September 1868 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 Calixte SIMARD

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Calixte SIMARD married

Abraham GAUTHIER-- Date: 8 October 1844 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Abraham GAUTHIER was the child of Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Adelaide OTIS

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Children of Abraham GAUTHIER and Calixte SIMARD:

Anne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.5 March 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )
m. Hermengilde TREMBLAY 17 July 1883 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1823 Birth
5 December 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Calixte SIMARD and Abraham GAUTHIER 8 October 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Anne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 5 March 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Calixte was 40 years old.

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.