Sylvester Victor MIRE

Born

2/11/1862 , Canal Road Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA

Died

6/27/1929 , Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*

Parents & Family of Sylvester Victor MIRE

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Born: 2/11/1862 in Canal Road Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA

Parents of Sylvester Victor MIRE

Father

Joseph Theodule MIRE

Mother

Angelle (Petronville) BREAUX

Grandparents of Sylvester Victor MIRE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre Neuville MIRE Pauline Basilise Rosalie Mire GAUTROT (GAUTHREAUX)

Maternal grandparents

Hilaire BREAUX JR Marie Venerante MARTIN

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

Sylvester Victor married Victoria Celestine GAMBA 21 November 1883 in St Martin, Louisiana, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Victoria Celestine GAMBA was born 6/1/1866 in Plaquemine Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA. Victoria Celestine died 2/4/1937 in Verdunville St. Mary Parish Louisiana, USA. Victoria Celestine was the child of Francisco Frank GAMBA and Adelaine PARDOUCI.

Sylvester Victor MIRE died 6/27/1929 in Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*.

Burial

Loreauville Louisiana

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sylvester Victor MIRE

Sylvester Victor MIRE married

Victoria Celestine GAMBA
Marriage date: 21 November 1883
Marriage place: St Martin, Louisiana, USA
Victoria Celestine GAMBA was the child of Francisco Frank GAMBA and Adelaine PARDOUCI

Children of Sylvester Victor MIRE and Victoria Celestine GAMBA

Joseph Sylvester MIRE

Born: 12/16/1886, Napoleonville Assumption Parish Louisiana, USA
Died: 11/30/1957, Plaquemine Iberville Parish Louisiana, USA

Married: Eugenie "Jenny" SENECA 27 September 1907 Place: Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*

Married: Noelie RICHARD 1960

Cluster Maluscos MIRE

Born: 12/1888, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*
Died: 4/9/1930, Iberville, Louisiana, USA

Marceline "T-Tante" MIRE

Born: 3/13/1891, St Martin Parish Louisiana, USA
Died: 3/20/1978, , Louisiana, USA

Married: Otto Ranholt LARSON 1920

Frank Theodore MIRE

Born: 9/21/1893,
Died: 3/30/1969,

Married: Hattie Lena LANGE 30 January 1922 Place: , Louisiana, USA

John Sennette MIRE

Born: 6/21/1896, Bloody Bayou Iberville Parish Louisiana, USA
Died: 5/20/1968, Morgan City Louisiana, USA

Married: Hazel ST. PIERRE 1920

May MIRE

Born: abt. 1899,
Died: abt. 1917,

Lance Robert MIRE

Born: 10/30/1901, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*
Died: 6/20/1987, Franklin, Louisiana, USA

Married: Lelia Mary CHAUVIN 11 July 1922

Carrie Alberta MIRE

Born: 4/11/1904, , Louisiana, USA
Died: 1/3/1976, Centerville Louisiana, USA

Married: James N ASHLEY 22 July 1922

Ernest "Hun" Raymond MIRE

Born: 10/14/1907, , Louisiana, USA
Died: 11/15/1999, Plaquemine, Louisiana, USA

Married: Lillie ALLEN 1927

Ophelia MIRE

Born: 12/5/1909, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*
Died: 7/30/1955, Morgan City Louisiana, USA

Married: Irving Joseph CHAUVIN 1926

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Birth — 1862
2/11/1862
Canal Road Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

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 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1883 Marriage / Partner
Sylvester Victor MIRE and Victoria Celestine GAMBA 21 November 1883, St Martin, Louisiana, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1886 Birth of Child
Joseph Sylvester MIRE was born 12/16/1886, Napoleonville Assumption Parish Louisiana, USA

Sylvester Victor was 24 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Cluster Maluscos MIRE was born 12/1888, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*

Sylvester Victor was 26 years old.

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1891 Birth of Child
Marceline "T-Tante" MIRE was born 3/13/1891, St Martin Parish Louisiana, USA

Sylvester Victor was 29 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
John Sennette MIRE was born 6/21/1896, Bloody Bayou Iberville Parish Louisiana, USA

Sylvester Victor was 34 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1901 Birth of Child
Lance Robert MIRE was born 10/30/1901, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*

Sylvester Victor was 39 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Birth of Child
Carrie Alberta MIRE was born 4/11/1904, , Louisiana, USA

Sylvester Victor was 42 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1907 Marriage of Child
Joseph Sylvester MIRE married 27 September 1907, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA* to Eugenie "Jenny" SENECA

1907 Birth of Child
Ernest "Hun" Raymond MIRE was born 10/14/1907, , Louisiana, USA

Sylvester Victor was 45 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1909 Birth of Child
Ophelia MIRE was born 12/5/1909, Bayou Chene, Louisiana, USA*

Sylvester Victor was 47 years old.

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.