Jean Elie THOMAS

Born

15 September 1823 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

16 February 1905 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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John (Jean) THOMAS Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

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Born: 15 September 1823 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John (Jean) THOMAS

Mother: Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Paternal grandparents: John THOMAS , Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

Maternal grandparents: Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) , Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

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Jean Elie married Tharsile BULGER 29 October 1848 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Tharsile BULGER was born 23 April 1820 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . Tharsile died 28 November 1900 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Tharsile was the child of Patrick BULGER (BOLGER) and Louise Ludivine DUGUAY.

Jean Elie THOMAS died 16 February 1905 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Jean Elie THOMAS married

Tharsile BULGER
Marriage date: 29 October 1848
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Tharsile BULGER was the child of Patrick BULGER (BOLGER) and Louise Ludivine DUGUAY

Children of Jean Elie THOMAS and Tharsile BULGER

Anne THOMAS

Born: 29 July 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Brigitte THOMAS

Born: 4 July 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Richard THOMAS

Born: 29 August 1852, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Marie Helene THOMAS

Born: 11 November 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 6 August 1932, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Catherine THOMAS

Born: 16 February 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 29 April 1930, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean THOMAS

Born: 27 May 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 22 April 1925, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Ozithe (Osithe) LOSIER 26 September 1881 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Married: Esther LEBRETON 23 April 1894 Place: Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Elie THOMAS

Born: 19 April 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Jean Elie THOMAS

Born: 28 July 1860, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 10 August 1943, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Jacques THOMAS

Born: 5 March 1862, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 7 April 1937, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Madeleine LOSIER 24 October 1887 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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Birth — 1823
15 September 1823
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

1823 Baptism
7 November 1823
Tracadie
Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Jean Elie THOMAS and Tharsile BULGER 29 October 1848, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 25 years old.

Jean Elie THOMAS - 29 October 1848 Marriage Tracadie

29 October 1848 Marriage
Tracadie

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Anne THOMAS was born 29 July 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 25 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Brigitte THOMAS was born 4 July 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 27 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Richard THOMAS was born 29 August 1852, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 28 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie Helene THOMAS was born 11 November 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 30 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Catherine THOMAS was born 16 February 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 32 years old.

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

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

1857 Birth of Child
Jean THOMAS was born 27 May 1857, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 33 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Elie THOMAS was born 19 April 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 35 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Jean Elie THOMAS was born 28 July 1860, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 36 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Jacques THOMAS was born 5 March 1862, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean Elie was 38 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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)

1881 Marriage of Child
Jean THOMAS married 26 September 1881, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Ozithe (Osithe) LOSIER

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.

1887 Marriage of Child
Jacques THOMAS married 24 October 1887, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Madeleine LOSIER

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
Name: Elie Thomas
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Roman Catholic
French Canadian: Yes
Spouse's Name: Tierziel Thomas
Father's Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Mother's Birth Place: New Brunswick
Province: New Brunswick
District Number: 14
District: Gloucester
Subdistrict: Saumarez
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Household Members:
Name Age
Elie Thomas 67
Tierziel Thomas 70
Elie Thomas 30
John Thomas 32
Tierziel Thomas 8
Judey Thomas 7
Richard Thomas 4
John Thomas 2
Taerfile Thomas 19
Maurie Thomas 18
1891 Canadian Census
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1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Marriage of Child
Jean THOMAS married 23 April 1894, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada to Esther LEBRETON

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)