Andre BELVAL

Born

20 February 1842 , Verchères, Canada East

Died

20 November 1933 , Upton, Québec, Canada

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Andre BELVAL Rosalie GOSSELIN

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Born: 20 February 1842 in Verchères, Canada East

Father: Andre BELVAL

Mother: Rosalie GOSSELIN

Paternal grandparents: Francois BELVAL dit DEBRIANCOURT , Apolline LEDOUX

Maternal grandparents: François GOSSELIN , Charlotte CHAGNON

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Andre married Sophie MARTIN 7 January 1868 in Upton, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie MARTIN was born 20 November 1842 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Sophie died 26 February 1918 in Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton). Sophie was the child of Augustin MARTIN and Florence LEDOUX.

Andre BELVAL died 20 November 1933 in Upton, Québec, Canada .
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Andre BELVAL married

Sophie MARTIN
Marriage date: 7 January 1868
Marriage place: Upton, Québec, Canada

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Sophie MARTIN was the child of Augustin MARTIN and Florence LEDOUX

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Children of Andre BELVAL and Sophie MARTIN

Wilbrod BELVAL

Born: july 25 1879, Upton, Québec, Canada
Died: september 6 1932, Upton, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise PROVOST november 14 1899 Place: Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

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Birth — 1842
20 February 1842
Verchères, Canada East

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)

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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Andre BELVAL and Sophie MARTIN 7 January 1868, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

He was 25 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)

1879 Birth of Child
Wilbrod BELVAL was born july 25 1879, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

Andre was 37 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)

1899 Marriage of Child
Wilbrod BELVAL married november 14 1899, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton) to Marie-Louise PROVOST

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)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)