Benjamin MARTINEAU

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1 January 1863 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

13 April 1925 , Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Benjamin MARTINEAU Julie-Béique LAFLEUR

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Born: 1 January 1863 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Benjamin MARTINEAU

Mother: Julie-Béique LAFLEUR

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Benjamin married Sophranie LAVALLEE 28 June 1887 in Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophranie LAVALLEE was born 26 April 1868 in Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island). Sophranie died 15 October 1904 in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

Benjamin MARTINEAU died 13 April 1925 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Benjamin MARTINEAU married

Sophranie LAVALLEE
Marriage date: 28 June 1887
Marriage place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada

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Joseph Benjamin MARTINEAU

Born: 13 June 1891, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
Died: 21 August 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Birth — 1863
1 January 1863
Québec Province, Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin MARTINEAU and Sophranie LAVALLEE 28 June 1887, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph Benjamin MARTINEAU was born 13 June 1891, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

Benjamin was 28 years old.

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1904 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophranie LAVALLEE died 15 October 1904, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

Death — 1925
13 April 1925
Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
He died at the age of 62.

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