Leon BEDARD

Born

4 March 1856 , Deschaillons, Canada East

Died

10 June 1931 , St-Philias, Villeroy, Canada

Leon married Julie COTE 2 July 1877 in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie COTE was born 27 February 1856 in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Canada. Julie died 9 June 1917 in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Canada. Julie was the child of Isaie COTE and Olive MATHIEU .

Parents & Family of Leon BEDARD

Parents of Leon BEDARD

Father

Pierre BEDARD

Mother

Marie-Reine LAFOND

Grandparents of Leon BEDARD

Paternal grandparents

François-Xavier BEDARD Julie JUNEAU

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LAFOND Elisabeth BOURBEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leon BEDARD

Leon BEDARD married

Julie COTE
Marriage date: 2 July 1877
Marriage place: Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
Julie COTE was the child of Isaie COTE and Olive MATHIEU

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

Children of Leon BEDARD and Julie COTE

Eugénie BÉDARD

Born: abt. 1888, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph MARCOTTE 16 November 1914

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1856
4 March 1856
Deschaillons, 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 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage / Partner
Leon BEDARD and Julie COTE 2 July 1877, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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 - 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)