Helene LAFORME

(b. 2 May 1862 , Québec, Canada East d. abt. 1948 , )

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Helene LAFORME was born 2 May 1862 in Québec, Canada East

Helene LAFORME was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Helene married Louis LIPPE 10 September 1883 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis LIPPE was born 7 January 1860 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis died 8 August 1928 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis was the child of Andre-Joseph LIPPE and Marie GENEST.

Helene LAFORME died abt. 1948

daughter of Francois Laforme and Zoe Baron dite Koenig

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Helene LAFORME married

Louis LIPPE-- Date: 10 September 1883 Place: Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada
Louis LIPPE was the child of Andre-Joseph LIPPE and Marie GENEST

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Children of Louis LIPPE and Helene LAFORME:

Louis LIPPE (b.abt. 1892, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1908, )

Auréa LIPPE (b.5 January 1899, Québec, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1968, )

Adrien LIPPE (b.1 August 1903, Québec, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1963, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Yvonne SANFAÇON 25 August 1930 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1862 Birth
2 May 1862
Québec, Canada East

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)

1883 Marriage / Partner
Helene LAFORME and Louis LIPPE 10 September 1883, Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1899 Birth of Child
Auréa LIPPE was born 5 January 1899, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Helene was 36 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

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)

1903 Birth of Child
Adrien LIPPE was born 1 August 1903, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Helene was 41 years old.

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)

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)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1928 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis LIPPE died 8 August 1928, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1930 Marriage of Child
Adrien LIPPE married 25 August 1930, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Yvonne SANFAÇON

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.