Barthelemy SYLVESTRE

(b. 24 December 1849 , Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Canada East d. 10 July 1911 , Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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Barthelemy SYLVESTRE was born 24 December 1849 in Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Canada East

Barthelemy SYLVESTRE was the child of Olivier SYLVESTRE and Marie-Louise MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SYLVESTRE and Madeleine CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMP (maternal) Louis MICHAUD and Archange PAQUIN

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

Barthelemy married Marie Louise LEBRUN 10 July 1877 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Louise LEBRUN was born abt. 1855 Marie Louise died 25 September 1915 in Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Québec, Canada. Marie Louise was the child of Felix LEBRUN and Louise CHEVALIER dite LAMIRANDE.

Barthelemy SYLVESTRE died 10 July 1911 in Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Barthelemy SYLVESTRE was a Marchand.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Barthelemy SYLVESTRE married

Marie Louise LEBRUN-- Date: 10 July 1877 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
Marie Louise LEBRUN was the child of Felix LEBRUN and Louise CHEVALIER dite LAMIRANDE

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Children of Barthelemy SYLVESTRE and Marie Louise LEBRUN:

Bernadette SYLVESTRE (b.21 September 1883, Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1976, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. George Joseph Omer LIPPE 8 April 1907 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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1849 Birth
24 December 1849
Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Canada East

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Barthelemy SYLVESTRE and Marie Louise LEBRUN 10 July 1877, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1883 Birth of Child
Bernadette SYLVESTRE was born 21 September 1883, Ste-Mélanie de Joliette, Québec, Canada

Barthelemy was 33 years old.

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)

1907 Marriage of Child
Bernadette SYLVESTRE married 8 April 1907, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to George Joseph Omer LIPPE

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England