Jean-Baptiste-Theodore BESSETTE

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20 September 1873 , Québec, Québec, Canada

Died

13 July 1933 , Hull, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste-Telesphore BESSETTE Agnes BISSON

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Born: 20 September 1873 in Québec, Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste-Telesphore BESSETTE

Mother: Agnes BISSON

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Jean-Baptiste-Theodore married Mélina-Marie HEBERT 21 November 1899 in Hull, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mélina-Marie HEBERT was born 10 November 1870 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* . Mélina-Marie died 25 February 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Mélina-Marie was the child of Charles HEBERT and Marie-Elise BEDARD.

Jean-Baptiste-Theodore BESSETTE died 13 July 1933 in Hull, Québec, Canada .

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Jean-Baptiste-Theodore BESSETTE married

Mélina-Marie HEBERT
Marriage date: 21 November 1899
Marriage place: Hull, Québec, Canada
Mélina-Marie HEBERT was the child of Charles HEBERT and Marie-Elise BEDARD

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John (Jean) Conrad BESSETTE

Born: 28 March 1903, Hull, Québec, Canada
Died: 4 March 1970, Buffalo, New York, USA

Married: Marie E SPIELMAN 1929

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Birth — 1873
20 September 1873
Québec, Québec, 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)

1899 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Theodore BESSETTE and Mélina-Marie HEBERT 21 November 1899, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

He was 26 years old.

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)

1903 Birth of Child
John (Jean) Conrad BESSETTE was born 28 March 1903, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

Jean-Baptiste-Theodore was 29 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)

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