Louis DUBOIS

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19 December 1851 , Plessisville, Canada East

Died

24 September 1923 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Louis DUBOIS Emilie GENEST dite LABARRE

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Born: 19 December 1851 in Plessisville, Canada East

Father: Louis DUBOIS

Mother: Emilie GENEST dite LABARRE

Paternal grandparents: Louis DUBOIS , Louise THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE , Marguerite BERGERON

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Louis married Beatrice COTE 13 May 1873 in Plessisville, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Beatrice COTE was born 25 December 1848 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset). Beatrice died 20 September 1919 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset). Beatrice was the child of Ambroise COTE and Eleonore LAMBERT.

Louis DUBOIS died 24 September 1923 in Sherbrooke, Québec, 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
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Beatrice COTE
Marriage date: 13 May 1873
Marriage place: Plessisville, Quebec, Canada
Beatrice COTE was the child of Ambroise COTE and Eleonore LAMBERT

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Children of Louis DUBOIS and Beatrice COTE

Benjamin DUBOIS

Born: 23 March 1892, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 January 1963, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie FLUET 30 January 1911

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Birth — 1851
19 December 1851
Plessisville, Canada East

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUBOIS and Beatrice COTE 13 May 1873, Plessisville, Quebec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Benjamin DUBOIS was born 23 March 1892, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 40 years old.

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)

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)