Edouard LAFOND

Born

February 12, 1867 , La-Pérade, Canada East

Died

February 21, 1944 , La Salle, Manitoba, Canada

Age: 77

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Jean-Baptiste LAFOND Sophie PICHETTE

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Born: February 12, 1867 in La-Pérade, Canada East

Father: Jean-Baptiste LAFOND

Mother: Sophie PICHETTE

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Edouard married Mathilda GOYETTE 20 March 1891 in Ville-Marie, Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilda GOYETTE was born January 15, 1868 in Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues,Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. Mathilda died August 2, 1938 in La Salle, Manitoba, Canada. Mathilda was the child of Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE and Philomene VACHON.

Edouard LAFOND died February 21, 1944 in La Salle, Manitoba, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: farmer

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Edouard LAFOND married

Mathilda GOYETTE
Marriage date: 20 March 1891
Marriage place: Ville-Marie, Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Mathilda GOYETTE was the child of Jean-Chrisostôme GOYETTE and Philomene VACHON

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Children of Edouard LAFOND and Mathilda GOYETTE

Marie Louise LAFOND

Born: 14 May 1895, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues,Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Died: 31 March 1971, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Hector FONTAINE 21 April 1914 Place: , Manitoba, Canada

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Birth — 1867
February 12, 1867
La-Pérade, Canada East

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Edouard LAFOND and Mathilda GOYETTE 20 March 1891, Ville-Marie, Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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
Marie Louise LAFOND was born 14 May 1895, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues,Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Edouard was 28 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)

1914 Marriage of Child
Marie Louise LAFOND married 21 April 1914, , Manitoba, Canada to Hector FONTAINE

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