Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS

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11 October 1815 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

19 February 1881 , Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

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Born: 11 October 1815 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Antoine Xavier married Julia (Julie) GAMELIN 10 February 1834 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julia (Julie) GAMELIN was born 16 April 1813 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Julia (Julie) died 27 February 1909 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Julia (Julie) was the child of Louis-Joseph GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX and Thérèse COTE.

Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS died 19 February 1881 in Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA.
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Spouse & Children of Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS

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Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS married

Julia (Julie) GAMELIN
Marriage date: 10 February 1834
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Julia (Julie) GAMELIN was the child of Louis-Joseph GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX and Thérèse COTE

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Name Julie Gamelin

Event Type Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date 1834

Marriage Place St-François-Du-Lac (St-Francois-du-Lac), Québec (Quebec), Canada

Marriage Church St-François-Du-Lac

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Antone Lyonnais

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Children of Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS and Julia (Julie) GAMELIN

Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS

Born: 18 April 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Died: 14 August 1907, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Married: John Adrianus VAN LAANEN 1861 Place: , Wisconsin, USA

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Birth — 1815
11 October 1815
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1834 Marriage / Partner
Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS and Julia (Julie) GAMELIN 10 February 1834, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 18 years old.

1834 marriage

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

1842 Birth of Child
Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS was born 18 April 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Antoine Xavier was 26 years old.

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)

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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)