Eloi Francis PRATT

Born

4 June 1820 , Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

Died

3 November 1907 , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Age: 87

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Born: 4 June 1820 in Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

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Eloi Francis married Eleonore LAUZON 19 January 1894 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleonore LAUZON was born 11 March 1828 in Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada . Eleonore died 20 April 1918 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada .

Eloi Francis PRATT died 3 November 1907 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada .

Eli is the son of Francis and Cecile Seguin. He married Eleneor Lauzon on 19 Jan 1849 in Assumption Church. For twelve years Eloi carried the mail by horse back between the out posts of Chatham and Amhersburg and after he retired from that job he went on to farming. He was one of the first white settlers in the town of Assumption where he built a log cabin. His cause of death was listed as liver trouble.

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Eloi Francis PRATT married

Eleonore LAUZON
Marriage date: 19 January 1894
Marriage place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Children of Eloi Francis PRATT and Eleonore LAUZON

Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT

Born: March 31 1856, Windsor, Essex, Canada West
Died: 11 May 1951, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Married: Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS 24 November 1879

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Birth — 1820
4 June 1820
Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT was born March 31 1856, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Eloi Francis was 35 years old.

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Eloi Francis PRATT and Eleonore LAUZON 19 January 1894, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

He was 73 years old.

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.