Marie-Claire PROULX

(b. abt. 1843 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 December 1908 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marie-Claire PROULX was born abt. 1843 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Claire PROULX was the child of David PROULX and Marie-Claire FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne PROULX and Genevieve DENEAU (maternal) Alexis FOURNIER and Archange LABERGE

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Marie-Claire married Joseph-Cyrille PROULX 7 November 1865 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Cyrille PROULX was born abt. 1842 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Cyrille was the child of Cyrille PROULX and Rosalie COUILLARD.

Marie-Claire PROULX died 30 December 1908 in Québec Province, Canada.
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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.

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Marie-Claire PROULX married

Joseph-Cyrille PROULX-- Date: 7 November 1865 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East
Joseph-Cyrille PROULX was the child of Cyrille PROULX and Rosalie COUILLARD

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Children of Joseph-Cyrille PROULX and Marie-Claire PROULX:

Marie-Rose-Rosanna PROULX (b.26 August 1866, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East d. 24 November 1929, Saint-Évariste-de-Forsyth, Beauce-Sartigan, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph Hippolyte BOUTIN 17 September 1888

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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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire PROULX and Joseph-Cyrille PROULX 7 November 1865, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1866 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Rosanna PROULX was born 26 August 1866, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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)

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)