Augustin SIMARD

(b. 20 September 1800 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 6 February 1865 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East )

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Augustin SIMARD was born 20 September 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Augustin SIMARD was the child of Salomon SIMARD and Marie GAMACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SIMARD and Ursule DUCHESNE (maternal) Jerome GAMACHE and Marie-Veronique SIMARD

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

Augustin married Angelique SAULNIER 6 October 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angelique SAULNIER was born 1 April 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Angelique died 30 March 1879 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Angelique was the child of Joseph SAULNIER and Quirille GUAY.

Augustin SIMARD died 6 February 1865 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East .
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Family and Children of Augustin SIMARD

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Augustin SIMARD married

Angelique SAULNIER-- Date: 6 October 1822 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Angelique SAULNIER was the child of Joseph SAULNIER and Quirille GUAY

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Children of Augustin SIMARD and Angelique SAULNIER:

Marie-Dosithee SIMARD (b.28 July 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 April 1901, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Hippolyte SIMARD 17 February 1846 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Vildebond SIMARD (b.24 March 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1877, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Anna SAULNIER 5 April 1853 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1800 Birth
20 September 1800
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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Augustin SIMARD and Angelique SAULNIER 6 October 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Marie-Dosithee SIMARD was born 28 July 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Augustin was 22 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Vildebond SIMARD was born 24 March 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Augustin was 26 years old.

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
Marie-Dosithee SIMARD married 17 February 1846, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Hippolyte SIMARD

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Vildebond SIMARD married 5 April 1853, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Anna SAULNIER

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)