Pierre GERVAIS

Born

15 April 1834 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

abt. 1897 , Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 15 April 1834 in Québec Province, Canada

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Pierre married Philomene LECLERC . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene LECLERC was born 20 February 1845 in Québec Province, Canada. Philomene died 20 December 1898

Pierre GERVAIS died abt. 1897 in Massachusetts, USA.
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Pierre GERVAIS married

Philomene LECLERC
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Children of Pierre GERVAIS and Philomene LECLERC

Marie Florence "Florina" GERVAIS

Born: 9 May 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 8 March 1937, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Arthur Jules LEBOEUF 31 October 1904 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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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 — 1834
15 April 1834
Québec Province, Canada

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)

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

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)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie Florence "Florina" GERVAIS was born 9 May 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Pierre was 45 years old.

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

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