Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON

Born

Died

05/04/1940 , Arr. du Plateau, Montréal, Qc, Canada

Age: 81

Joseph-Hormisdas married Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE 02/25/1905 in Paroisse St-François-Xavier, Verchères, Qc, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE was born 07/19/1879 in Verchères, Québec, Canada . Marie-Aurélie-Flore died 06/04/1940 in Arr. du Plateau, Montréal, Qc, Canada. Marie-Aurélie-Flore was the child of Joseph-Hermas LAROSE dit CHAGNON and Marie-Aurélie PRIVÉ .

Parents & Family of Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON

Parents of Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON

Father

Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON

Mother

Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON

Grandparents of Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON

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Surnom: Jos la cigarette. Parce que le premier à Verchères à fumer des ''rouleuses'' au lieu d'une pipe à tabac de plâtre blanc. Habitudes qu'il avait prises au Wyoming comme pasteur ou gardien de moutons.
De plus il élevait des paons, à Verchères, au grand désarroi de ses voisins.

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON

Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON married

Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE
Marriage date: 02/25/1905
Marriage place: Paroisse St-François-Xavier, Verchères, Qc, Canada
Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE was the child of Joseph-Hermas LAROSE dit CHAGNON and Marie-Aurélie PRIVÉ

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Children of Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON and Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE

Joseph-Irènée PIGEON

Born: 01/06/1907, Verchères, Québec, Canada
Died: 05/09/1993, Arr. St-Laurent, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Blandine LUSIGNAN 04/18/1943

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Birth — 1858
07/29/1858
Verchères, Canada East

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

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)

1905 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON and Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE 02/25/1905, Paroisse St-François-Xavier, Verchères, Qc, Canada

He was 46 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph-Irènée PIGEON was born 01/06/1907, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph-Hormisdas was 48 years old.

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

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)