Telesphore COMEAU

Born

2 October 1841 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

5 December 1931 , Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Basile COMEAU Appoline DUGUAY

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Born: 2 October 1841 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Basile COMEAU

Mother: Appoline DUGUAY

Paternal grandparents: Athanase COMEAU , Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU

Maternal grandparents: François DUGUAY , Marie DOIRON

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Telesphore married Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE 30 January 1872 in Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE was born 13 February 1850 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Jeanne died 7 August 1921 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Jeanne was the child of Olivier MAZEROLLE and Marie Jeanne DOIRON.

Telesphore COMEAU died 5 December 1931 in Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Telesphore COMEAU married

Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE
Marriage date: 30 January 1872
Marriage place: Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE was the child of Olivier MAZEROLLE and Marie Jeanne DOIRON

Children of Telesphore COMEAU and Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE

Leonile COMEAU

Born: 3 January 1895, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 18 March 1937, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Albert RICHARD 22 June 1915 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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Birth — 1841
2 October 1841
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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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 - 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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Telesphore COMEAU and Marie Jeanne MAZEROLLE 30 January 1872, Saumarez, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 30 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 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Birth of Child
Leonile COMEAU was born 3 January 1895, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Telesphore was 53 years old.

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)

1915 Marriage of Child
Leonile COMEAU married 22 June 1915, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Albert RICHARD

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada