David COMEAU

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30 October 1840 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

21 March 1922 , Leech, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph David COMEAU Françoise BRIDEAU

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Born: 30 October 1840 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Joseph David COMEAU

Mother: Françoise BRIDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Laurent COMEAU , Théotiste SAULNIER

Maternal grandparents: Fidèle BRIDEAU , Modeste BRAULT

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David married Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU 11 March 1867 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU was born 23 March 1845 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Thérèse died 23 June 1923 Marie Thérèse was the child of Paul BRIDEAU and Marie COMEAU.

David COMEAU died 21 March 1922 in Leech, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU
Marriage date: 11 March 1867
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU was the child of Paul BRIDEAU and Marie COMEAU

Children of David COMEAU and Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU

Paul COMEAU

Born: 18 December 1869, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 2 August 1949, Pont-Landry, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Agnes BASTARACHE dite BASQUE 20 June 1892 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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Birth — 1840
30 October 1840
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
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25 January 1841 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in 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 Marriage / Partner
David COMEAU and Marie Thérèse BRIDEAU 11 March 1867, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1869 Birth of Child
Paul COMEAU was born 18 December 1869, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

David was 29 years old.

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 - 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 Marriage of Child
Paul COMEAU married 20 June 1892, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Agnes BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

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)

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