Françoise SIMARD

(b. 13 February 1789 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 June 1853 , L'Assomption, Canada East )

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Françoise SIMARD was born 13 February 1789 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Françoise SIMARD was the child of Basile SIMARD and Francoise BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis SIMARD and Marie-Josephe LESSARD (maternal) Zacharie BOLDUC and Marie-Anne POULIN

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

Françoise married Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY 27 April 1813 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY was born abt. 1782 Jean Baptiste died 28 February 1856 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).

Françoise SIMARD died 3 June 1853 in L'Assomption, Canada East .
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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 Françoise SIMARD

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Françoise SIMARD married

Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY-- Date: 27 April 1813 Place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Children of Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY and Françoise SIMARD:

Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY (b.3 December 1815, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 9 December 1895, St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Helene HENRICHON 3 October 1842 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1789 Birth
13 February 1789
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Françoise SIMARD and Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY 27 April 1813, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY was born 3 December 1815, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Françoise was 26 years old.

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 - 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

1842 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY married 3 October 1842, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Helene HENRICHON

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.