Jean Baptiste PROULX

Born

7 November 1831 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

March 1893 , Rhode Island, USA

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Basile PROULX Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Born: 7 November 1831 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Basile PROULX

Mother: Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN

Paternal grandparents: Basile PROULX , Euphrosine CORRIVEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN , Marie-Rosalie RICARD

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Jean Baptiste married Catherine THEROUX 22 November 1853 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine THEROUX was born 15 April 1832 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Catherine was the child of Benoni THEROUX and Catherine THEROUX.

Jean Baptiste PROULX died March 1893 in Rhode Island, USA.
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Jean Baptiste PROULX married

Catherine THEROUX
Marriage date: 22 November 1853
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Catherine THEROUX was the child of Benoni THEROUX and Catherine THEROUX

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Children of Jean Baptiste PROULX and Catherine THEROUX

Jean Baptiste PROULX

Born: March 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 April 1924, , Rhode Island, USA

Alfred PROULX

Born: 24 July 1860, Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Died: 31 May 1920, Tacoma, Washington, USA

George PROULX (PRUE)

Born: 25 May 1865, Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1831
7 November 1831
Yamaska, Lower 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)

1853 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste PROULX and Catherine THEROUX 22 November 1853, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste PROULX was born March 1857, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean Baptiste was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Alfred PROULX was born 24 July 1860, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Jean Baptiste was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
George PROULX (PRUE) was born 25 May 1865, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Jean Baptiste was 33 years old.

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