Magloire-Odilon CASAVANT

Born

26 June 1853 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Died

16 May 1904 , Legal, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada

Magloire-Odilon married Celina MILLET 14 November 1876 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celina MILLET was born 8 November 1859 in La Présentation, Canada East . Celina died 14 January 1933 in Legal, Alberta, Canada.

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Magloire-Odilon CASAVANT married

Celina MILLET
Marriage date: 14 November 1876
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Magloire-Odilon CASAVANT and Celina MILLET

Homer (Omer) CASAVANT

Born: 30 April 1888, Salix, Lakeport, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Died: 2 April 1963, Legal, Alberta, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne CAOUETTE 25 November 1909

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1853
26 June 1853
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Marriage / Partner
Magloire-Odilon CASAVANT and Celina MILLET 14 November 1876, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1888 Birth of Child
Homer (Omer) CASAVANT was born 30 April 1888, Salix, Lakeport, Woodbury, Iowa, USA

Magloire-Odilon was 34 years old.

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