Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE

(b. 30 July 1842 , L'Acadie, Canada East d. 12 December 1928 , Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA )

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Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE was born 30 July 1842 in L'Acadie, Canada East

Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE was the child of Dominique PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Flavie MONET (MONETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Marie Rose GAUDREAU (maternal) Paul Hippolyte MONET and Rose (Rosalie) TRAHAN

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Joseph Napoleon married Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) 25 November 1867 in St George, Kankakee, Illinois, USA . Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 25 March 1851 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Henriette died 2 May 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Henriette was the child of Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) and Felicite PONTON dite ST-GERMAIN.

Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE died 12 December 1928 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA.

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT)-- Date: 25 November 1867 Place: St George, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) was the child of Salomon BREAULT (BRAULT) and Felicite PONTON dite ST-GERMAIN

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1842 Birth
30 July 1842
L'Acadie, Canada East

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)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Napoleon PIEDALU dit PRAIRIE and Henriette BREAULT (BRAULT) 25 November 1867, St George, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

He was 25 years old.

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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