Elzear MARTEL

Born

22 July 1858 , Lotbinière, Canada East

Died

13 February 1930 , Bienville, Québec, Canada

Elzear married Amanda Marie DEMERS 8 January 1882 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amanda Marie DEMERS was born 14 September 1861 in Megantic, Quebec, Canada. Amanda Marie died 20 August 1900 in Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada . Amanda Marie was the child of Francois-Xavier DEMERS and Rose-Delima SIMONEAU .

Parents & Family of Elzear MARTEL

Parents of Elzear MARTEL

Father

Francois-Xavier MARTEL

Mother

Marcelline CROTEAU

Grandparents of Elzear MARTEL

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elzear MARTEL

Elzear MARTEL married

Amanda Marie DEMERS
Marriage date: 8 January 1882
Marriage place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Amanda Marie DEMERS was the child of Francois-Xavier DEMERS and Rose-Delima SIMONEAU

Marriage notes:

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Children of Elzear MARTEL and Amanda Marie DEMERS

Ida Amanda MARTEL

Born: 13 March 1883, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 25 October 1943, Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada

Married: Maxime Aurele CARETTE 16 May 1904 Place: Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1858
22 July 1858
Lotbinière, Canada East

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)

1882 Marriage / Partner
Elzear MARTEL and Amanda Marie DEMERS 8 January 1882, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

He was 23 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Ida Amanda MARTEL was born 13 March 1883, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

Elzear was 24 years old.

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)

1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amanda Marie DEMERS died 20 August 1900, Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Alphonse-de-Thetford) (Kingsville)

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 Marriage of Child
Ida Amanda MARTEL married 16 May 1904, Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada to Maxime Aurele CARETTE

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))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada