Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE

Born

1 June 1880 , Schoolcraft, Houghton, Michigan, USA

Died

17 November 1962 , Biddeford, Maine, USA

Frederick Joseph married Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE 21 October 1902 in Ste-Helene, Chester, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE was born 31 January 1883 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester, Quebec, Canada. Marie Leda Eudoxie died 25 November 1966 in Biddeford, Maine, USA . Marie Leda Eudoxie was the child of Sinai SAVOIE and Philomene BAZIN .

Parents & Family of Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE

Parents of Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE

Father

Athanase LAVIGNE

Mother

Azilda DESILETS

Grandparents of Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents

Alexis LAVIGNE dit RIVARD Julie BARIL

Maternal grandparents

Oliver-Placid DESILETS Luce CAMIRAND

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE

Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE married

Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE
Marriage date: 21 October 1902
Marriage place: Ste-Helene, Chester, Quebec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE was the child of Sinai SAVOIE and Philomene BAZIN

Children of Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE and Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE

Marie Gabrielle LAVIGNE

Born: 6 January 1905, Ste-Helene, Chester, Quebec, Canada
Died: 19 September 1988, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Joseph Edgar LAVIGNE

Born: 13 October 1906, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: 23 February 1976, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Robert Roland LAVIGNE

Born: 5 May 1908, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: 22 July 1987, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Yvette LAVIGNE

Born: 22 November 1910, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: 13 May 2003, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Rachel LAVIGNE

Born: October 5, 1913, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: August 10, 2005, Sanford, Maine, USA

Married: Alberic DESROCHERS

Charlesmagne (Charlie) LAVIGNE

Born: 26 October 1915, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: 2 August 1963, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Fernande LAVIGNE

Born: abt. 1918, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 January 1939, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Jean Noel LAVIGNE

Born: 20 December 1918, Providence, Quebec, Canada
Died: 12 March 2009, Biddeford, Maine, USA

Thérèse Julienne LAVIGNE

Born: 9 August 1920, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada
Died: 13 October 1999, Sanford, Maine, USA

Fernand Albert LAVIGNE

Born: 4 May 1923, , Maine, USA
Died: 24 March 2006, Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA

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Joseph Frederick Lavigne was born in Michigan,1 June 1880, the son of Athanase Lavigne and Azilda Desilet. Freddy, as he was known, married Marie Leda Eudoxie Savoie on the 21st of October 1902 in Canada. In 1930, the family was living in Limerick, Maine and working in a local mill there. Sometime before 1940, they relocated to Biddeford, Maine...

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Birth — 1880
1 June 1880
Schoolcraft, Houghton, Michigan, USA

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.

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

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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.

1902 Marriage / Partner
Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE and Marie Leda Eudoxie SAVOIE 21 October 1902, Ste-Helene, Chester, Quebec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

Frederick Joseph LAVIGNE - 1902 marriage

1902 marriage

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

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

1905 Birth of Child
Marie Gabrielle LAVIGNE was born 6 January 1905, Ste-Helene, Chester, Quebec, Canada

Frederick Joseph was 24 years old.

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

1906 Birth of Child
Joseph Edgar LAVIGNE was born 13 October 1906, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 26 years old.

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)

1908 Birth of Child
Robert Roland LAVIGNE was born 5 May 1908, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 27 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Birth of Child
Yvette LAVIGNE was born 22 November 1910, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 30 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 Birth of Child
Rachel LAVIGNE was born October 5, 1913, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 33 years old.

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

1915 Birth of Child
Charlesmagne (Charlie) LAVIGNE was born 26 October 1915, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 35 years old.

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

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1918 Birth of Child
Jean Noel LAVIGNE was born 20 December 1918, Providence, Quebec, Canada

Frederick Joseph was 38 years old.

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1920 Birth of Child
Thérèse Julienne LAVIGNE was born 9 August 1920, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

Frederick Joseph was 40 years old.

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

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

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

1923 Birth of Child
Fernand Albert LAVIGNE was born 4 May 1923, , Maine, USA

Frederick Joseph was 42 years old.

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

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

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1939 Death of Child
Fernande LAVIGNE died 8 January 1939, Biddeford, Maine, USA (Biddeford Pool)

Frederick Joseph was 58 years old.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.