Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS

(b. 4 September 1846 , Drummondville, Canada East d. 5 January 1930 , Cranston, Rhode Island, USA )

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Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS was born 4 September 1846 in Drummondville, Canada East

Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS was the child of Louis DESROCHERS and Marie Lucie GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DESROCHES (DESROSIERS) and Marie-Élisabeth-Isabelle BAILLARGEON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GUIMOND and Therese BELANGER

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

Joseph Ernest married Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON 29 April 1867 in L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON was born 4 August 1849 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Celina died 2 February 1917 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton).

Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS died 5 January 1930 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA .
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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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Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS married

Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON-- Date: 29 April 1867 Place: L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

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Children of Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS and Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON:

Joseph DUROCHER (b.1 October 1868, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1948, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Marie Anna PELOQUIN 29 February 1892 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton)

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1846 Birth
4 September 1846
Drummondville, Canada East

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)

1867 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Ernest DESROCHERS and Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON 29 April 1867, L'Avenir, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Joseph DUROCHER was born 1 October 1868, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Joseph Ernest was 22 years old.

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

1892 Marriage of Child
Joseph DUROCHER married 29 February 1892, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton) to Marie Anna PELOQUIN

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)

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)

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)

1917 Death of Spouse/Partner
Celina LEGROS dite DUPERRON died 2 February 1917, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton)

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)

1930 Death
5 January 1930
Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

He died at the age of 83.

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