François Xavier "Frank" FONTAINE

Born

29 January 1833 , Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada

Died

5 December 1918 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN

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Born: 29 January 1833 in Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada

Father: Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU

Mother: Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN

Paternal grandparents: Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU , Louise PATENAUDE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Charles AUBIN dit PARADIS , Marguerite MAGNAN

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François Xavier "Frank" married Marie-Louise-Lumina VANDAL abt. 1856 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise-Lumina VANDAL was born August 1835 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise-Lumina was the child of François VANDAL and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN.

François Xavier "Frank" FONTAINE died 5 December 1918 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 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.

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François Xavier "Frank" FONTAINE married

Marie-Louise-Lumina VANDAL
Marriage date: abt. 1856
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Marie-Louise-Lumina VANDAL was the child of François VANDAL and Marie-Anne ST-MARTIN

Children of François Xavier "Frank" FONTAINE and Marie-Louise-Lumina VANDAL

Pierre-Adolphe FONTAINE

Born: 12 September 1862, Saint-Guillaume, Canada East
Died: 8 July 1949, Ste Agathe, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Adelia ST MARTIN 15 January 1884 Place: Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1833
29 January 1833
Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada

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)

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

1862 Birth of Child
Pierre-Adolphe FONTAINE was born 12 September 1862, Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton)

François Xavier "Frank" was 29 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.

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)

1884 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Adolphe FONTAINE married 15 January 1884, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Adelia ST MARTIN

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)