Gedeon GERMAIN

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August 1822 , Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

Died

21 January 1891 , Conway, Massachusetts, USA

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Joseph GERMAIN Marie-Aurelie POITEVIN

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Born: August 1822 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph GERMAIN

Mother: Marie-Aurelie POITEVIN

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Gedeon married Elmire CORMIER 15 June 1846 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Elmire CORMIER was born May 1829 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Elmire died 2 April 1897 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA. Elmire was the child of Michel CORMIER and Marie-Giles MOGÉ.

Gedeon GERMAIN died 21 January 1891 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA.
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Gedeon GERMAIN married

Elmire CORMIER
Marriage date: 15 June 1846
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Elmire CORMIER was the child of Michel CORMIER and Marie-Giles MOGÉ

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gedeon GERMAIN and Elmire CORMIER

Joseph GERMAIN

Born: 26 March 1847, Saint-Jude, Canada East
Died: 26 March 1847, Saint-Jude, Canada East

Marie Marienne Rosina "Rose" GERMAIN

Born: 21 April 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 February 1935, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Edward Carl REINHARDT 10 February 1886 Place: Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA

Célanire (Selina) GERMAIN

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Herman E REINHARDT 22 December 1881 Place: Conway, Massachusetts, USA

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
August 1822
Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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 / Partner
Gedeon GERMAIN and Elmire CORMIER 15 June 1846, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 23 years old.

1846 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1847 Birth of Child
Joseph GERMAIN was born 26 March 1847, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Gedeon was 24 years old.

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

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

1860 Birth of Child
Marie Marienne Rosina "Rose" GERMAIN was born 21 April 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gedeon was 37 years old.

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.

1871 - St-Ours, Quebec

Name: Gédion Germain
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: Richelieu
District Number: 120
SubDistrict: St Ours
Subdistrict Number: c
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Household Members:
Name Age
Gédion Germain 50
Elmire Germain 40
Amanda Germain 17
Rodolpho Germain 12
Rosina Germain 10
Célanire Germain 8
Ulric Germain 6

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1871 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

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)

1881 Marriage of Child
Célanire (Selina) GERMAIN married 22 December 1881, Conway, Massachusetts, USA to Herman E REINHARDT

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

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

1886 Marriage of Child
Marie Marienne Rosina "Rose" GERMAIN married 10 February 1886, Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA to Edward Carl REINHARDT

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