Vildebond SIMARD

(b. 24 March 1827 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1877 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Vildebond SIMARD was born 24 March 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Vildebond SIMARD was the child of Augustin SIMARD and Angelique SAULNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Salomon SIMARD and Marie GAMACHE (maternal) Joseph SAULNIER and Quirille GUAY

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

Vildebond married Anna SAULNIER 5 April 1853 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna SAULNIER was born 27 September 1836 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Anna was the child of Olivier SAULNIER and Madeleine SIMARD.

Vildebond SIMARD died 17 May 1877 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Vildebond SIMARD married

Anna SAULNIER-- Date: 5 April 1853 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Anna SAULNIER was the child of Olivier SAULNIER and Madeleine SIMARD

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Children of Vildebond SIMARD and Anna SAULNIER:

Augustin SIMARD (b.3 March 1855, La Baie, Canada East d. 17 March 1928, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY 6 April 1880 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1827 Birth
24 March 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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

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

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

He was 26 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Augustin SIMARD was born 3 March 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Vildebond was 27 years old.

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.