Ephraim BOURDELAIS

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29 January 1853 , Yamaska, Canada East

Died

11 November 1895 , Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA

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Gilbert BOURDELAIS Marie-Louise BOISVERT

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Born: 29 January 1853 in Yamaska, Canada East

Father: Gilbert BOURDELAIS

Mother: Marie-Louise BOISVERT

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel BOURDELAIS dit BREME , Marie-Julie MATTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT , Marie-Françoise DUBOIS

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Ephraim married Adelaine PAGE 13 May 1873 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Adelaine PAGE was born abt. 1860 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Ephraim BOURDELAIS died 11 November 1895 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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Ephraim BOURDELAIS married

Adelaine PAGE
Marriage date: 13 May 1873
Marriage place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Children of Ephraim BOURDELAIS and Adelaine PAGE

Joseph Arthur Leon BOURDELAIS

Born: 5 November 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 February 1923, Bangor, Maine, USA

Married: Ethel M TREFRY 16 January 1903 Place: Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

George BOURDELAIS

Born: 3 March 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 21 December 1946, Nether Province, Pennsylvania, USA

Married: Ida GAILEY 6 June 1900 Place: , New Hampshire, USA

Athenase BOURDELAIS

Born: abt. 1877, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph Louis Henri BOURDELAIS

Born: 28 October 1882, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 October 1932, New Bern, North Carolina, USA

Married: Yvonne Delima LECLAIR 10 June 1907 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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Birth — 1853
29 January 1853
Yamaska, Canada East

Baptism
He was baptised 29 Jan 1853 at Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, QC, Canada - baptized as Antoine Onesime Ephraim Bourdelais, son of Gilbert Bourdelais and Louise Boisvert dite Boiselain?

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861
Name: Ephrem Bourdelais
Gender: Male
Census Place: St-Michel-d'Yamaska, Yamaska, Quebec
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: 1853
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status:
Religion: Catholique R.
Page Number: 263
Line Number: 41
Film Number: 517438
LAC Film Number: C-1331
Digital Folder Number: 4108858
Image Number: 548
Collection: Quebec Census, 1861
1861 Canadian Census
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Marriage / Partner
Ephraim BOURDELAIS and Adelaine PAGE 13 May 1873, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Joseph Arthur Leon BOURDELAIS was born 5 November 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ephraim was 21 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
George BOURDELAIS was born 3 March 1875, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Ephraim was 22 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Eph. Bourdelais
residence: Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1854
birthplace: Canada
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Adeline Bourdelais
spouse's birthplace: Canada
father's name:
father's birthplace: Canada
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Canada
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 26 years
occupation: Blacksmith
nara film number: T9-0563
page: 435
page character: B
entry number: 942
film number: 1254563
Household Gender Age
Eph. Bourdelais M 26
spouse Adeline Bourdelais F 24
child George Bourdelais M 5
child Athenos Bourdelais M 3

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1882 Birth of Child
Joseph Louis Henri BOURDELAIS was born 28 October 1882, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Ephraim was 29 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Petition for Naturalization
Name: Ephrem Bourdelais
Petition Age: 40
Record Type: Petition
Birth Date: 28 Jan 1853
Birth Place: Sorelle Quebec, Canada
Arrival Date: 6 Nov 1878
Arrival Place: St Albans
Petition Date: abt 1893
Petition Place: Middlesex

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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Death
Name: Ephrem Bourdelais
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1852
Birth Place: Marlborough
Death Date: 11 Nov 1895
Death Place: Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Gillbert Bourdelais
Mother: Louise Boisolaire

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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