Joseph COMEAU

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15 January 1819 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

13 February 1899 , Cloud, Kansas, USA

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Born: 15 January 1819 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph married Flore-Lumina DOUCET 5 October 1847 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flore-Lumina DOUCET was born 17 February 1829 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Flore-Lumina died abt. 1903 Flore-Lumina was the child of Jean DOUCET and Louise VASSEUR.

Joseph COMEAU died 13 February 1899 in Cloud, Kansas, 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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Flore-Lumina DOUCET
Marriage date: 5 October 1847
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Flore-Lumina DOUCET was the child of Jean DOUCET and Louise VASSEUR

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Children of Joseph COMEAU and Flore-Lumina DOUCET

Joseph Ludger COMEAU

Born: 25 February 1851, Ste Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Died: 14 February 1933, Villeneuve, Alberta, Canada

Married: Marie Melina BACHAND

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Birth — 1819
15 January 1819
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COMEAU and Flore-Lumina DOUCET 5 October 1847, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 28 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Joseph Ludger COMEAU was born 25 February 1851, Ste Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 32 years old.

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

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