Pierre DUQUETTE

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13 November 1861 , Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East

Died

March 1954 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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Born: 13 November 1861 in Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East

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Pierre married Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 19 July 1879 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 12 April 1858 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie Julie died 29 April 1931 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA.

Pierre DUQUETTE died March 1954 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA.

son of Pierre Duquette and Aurelie Caron

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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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Pierre DUQUETTE married

Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE
Marriage date: 19 July 1879
Marriage place: Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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Children of Pierre DUQUETTE and Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Wilfred Joseph DUQUETTE

Born: 5 August 1899, Voluntown, Connecticut, USA
Died: 3 October 1968, Westport, Connecticut, USA

Married: Annie Laurie BROWE (BREAULT) October 1919 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1861
13 November 1861
Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East

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.

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)

1879 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DUQUETTE and Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 19 July 1879, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.

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

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

1899 Birth of Child
Wilfred Joseph DUQUETTE was born 5 August 1899, Voluntown, Connecticut, USA

Pierre was 37 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

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)

1919 Marriage of Child
Wilfred Joseph DUQUETTE married October 1919, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA to Annie Laurie BROWE (BREAULT)

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))

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

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Julie BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE died 29 April 1931, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Death — 1954
March 1954
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 92.