Marie-Arthemise POTVIN

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3 October 1844 , La Baie, Canada East

Died

11 June 1935 , St-Gérard, Canada

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Prudent POTVIN Rachelle BOUCHARD

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Born: 3 October 1844 in La Baie, Canada East

Father: Prudent POTVIN

Mother: Rachelle BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Scholastique THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD , Marie-Olive TREMBLAY

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

Marie-Arthemise married Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY 7 January 1862 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY was born 15 January 1840 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Auguste (Augustin) died 5 March 1910 in St-Gérard, Wolfe, Canada. Auguste (Augustin) was the child of Georges TREMBLAY and Elisabeth JEAN.

Marie-Arthemise POTVIN died 11 June 1935 in St-Gérard, Canada.
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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Arthemise POTVIN married

Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 7 January 1862
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY was the child of Georges TREMBLAY and Elisabeth JEAN

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Children of Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY and Marie-Arthemise POTVIN

Joseph-Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 30 December 1866, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 28 October 1926, St-Gérard-Majella, Canada

Joseph-Elzear TREMBLAY

Born: 7 March 1871, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: 22 May 1951,

Georges TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1879, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 January 1917, St-Gérard-Majella, Canada

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Birth — 1844
3 October 1844
La Baie, Canada East

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.

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Arthemise POTVIN and Auguste (Augustin) TREMBLAY 7 January 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

She was 17 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Joseph-Ernest TREMBLAY was born 30 December 1866, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marie-Arthemise was 22 years old.

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.

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph-Elzear TREMBLAY was born 7 March 1871, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Marie-Arthemise was 26 years old.

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 - 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.

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)