Marie BENOIT

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19 June 1853 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Died

22 May 1924 , Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Born: 19 June 1853 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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Marie married Telesphore ROUSSEAU 26 October 1869 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Telesphore ROUSSEAU was born 30 August 1840 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Telesphore died 31 May 1904 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada.

Marie BENOIT died 22 May 1924 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Telesphore ROUSSEAU
Marriage date: 26 October 1869
Marriage place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Children of Telesphore ROUSSEAU and Marie BENOIT

Édouardina ROUSSEAU

Born: 17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 February 1958, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada

Married: Hylas PROULX 25 September 1900 Place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1853
19 June 1853
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Marie BENOIT and Telesphore ROUSSEAU 26 October 1869, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Édouardina ROUSSEAU was born 17 August 1872, Sainte-Perpétue, Nicolet-Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Marie was 19 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)

1900 Marriage of Child
Édouardina ROUSSEAU married 25 September 1900, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada to Hylas PROULX

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)

1904 Death of Spouse/Partner
Telesphore ROUSSEAU died 31 May 1904, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

Death — 1924
22 May 1924
Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 70.

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