Desire Jared FORAND

Born

15 March 1814 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1915 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Charles FORAND Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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Born: 15 March 1814 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Father: Charles FORAND

Mother: Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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Desire Jared married Octavie AUTHIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Octavie AUTHIER was born 21 April 1822 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Octavie died September 1861 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Desire Jared FORAND died abt. 1915 in Worcester, 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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Desire Jared FORAND married

Octavie AUTHIER
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Octavie FORAND

Born: 8 February 1839, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1933, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Emilien PELLETIER

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Birth — 1814
15 March 1814
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

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

1839 Birth of Child
Octavie FORAND was born 8 February 1839, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Desire Jared was 24 years old.

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)

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

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Octavie AUTHIER died September 1861, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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)

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)

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)