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The Simard family can be traced back to the mid-1500s to Angoulême in western France where records document Antoine Simard's marriage to Marguerite Soûlot, and then to Francoise Berthon.
Noël Simard's family would become one of the largest in Quebec and would help colonize various parts of the country from Saguenay, Abitibi, and Témiscaminque, to the Rivière la Paix.
In Baie St. Paul, there is a monument to Noël Simard, Madeleine Racine, and their daughter, Rosalie Simard, the first child of French origin born in Baie St. Paul.
Francis Simard, born 1946, of Montreal, Quebec, is a convicted murderer who was a member of the Chenier Cell of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ).
On October 10, Francis Simard, along with Chenier Cell leader, Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose and Bernard Lortie,kidnapped and then murdered Quebec Vice Premier and Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte.
Simard, Francis, Pour en finir avec Octobre, Stanké, Montreal, 1982.