Adelaide DENEAU

Born

1 October 1828 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

18 November 1898 , Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

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Pierre DENEAULT Catherine LEBERT

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Born: 1 October 1828 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DENEAULT

Mother: Catherine LEBERT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DENEAU , Marguerite BOURASSA

Maternal grandparents: François LEBERT , Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

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Adelaide married Olivier-Moise MENARD 29 February 1848 in La Prairie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olivier-Moise MENARD was born 27 March 1828 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Olivier-Moise died 28 February 1894 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Olivier-Moise was the child of Joseph-Michel MENARD and Marie-Geneviève GUERIN.

Adelaide DENEAU died 18 November 1898 in Taunton, Massachusetts, 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.

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Adelaide DENEAU married

Olivier-Moise MENARD
Marriage date: 29 February 1848
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada East
Olivier-Moise MENARD was the child of Joseph-Michel MENARD and Marie-Geneviève GUERIN

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Children of Olivier-Moise MENARD and Adelaide DENEAU

Moise "Moses" MENARD

Born: 21 March 1852, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: 10 April 1932, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marguerite "Maggie" JULIEN 24 February 1874 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

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Birth — 1828
1 October 1828
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide DENEAU and Olivier-Moise MENARD 29 February 1848, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 19 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Moise "Moses" MENARD was born 21 March 1852, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Adelaide was 23 years old.

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

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.

1874 Marriage of Child
Moise "Moses" MENARD married 24 February 1874, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Marguerite "Maggie" JULIEN

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)

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

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
Olivier-Moise MENARD died 28 February 1894, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1898
18 November 1898
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 70.