Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES

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23 November 1849 , Brome, Quebec, Canada

Died

23 February 1936 , Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Zephaniah GRIMES Lorinda SWEET

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Born: 23 November 1849 in Brome, Quebec, Canada

Father: Zephaniah GRIMES

Mother: Lorinda SWEET

Paternal grandparents: Zephaniah GRIMES , Abigail HUNTER

Maternal grandparents: Philip SWEET , Elizabeth SHERWILL

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Joseph Lorenzo married Margaret Ann FLETCHER 2 August 1869 in Brome, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Margaret Ann FLETCHER was born 14 January 1850 in Fairfax, Vermont, USA. Margaret Ann died 14 February 1874 in Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada.

Joseph Lorenzo married (2) Nancy Jane CHURCH abt. 1875 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy Jane CHURCH was born abt. 1849 Nancy Jane died 3 May 1922 in Brome, Quebec, Canada.

Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES died 23 February 1936 in Brome, Quebec, Canada.

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Margaret A Fletcher
1850–1874

Nancy Jane Church
1849–1922

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Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES married

Margaret Ann FLETCHER
Marriage date: 2 August 1869
Marriage place: Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Brome County Congregational Church

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES and Margaret Ann FLETCHER

Alice-Lorinda GRIMES

Born: 17 December 1870, Dunham, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 May 1914, Dunham, Québec, Canada

Margaret-Ella GRIMES

Born: abt. 1871, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES married

Nancy Jane CHURCH
Marriage date: abt. 1875
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Children of Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES and Nancy Jane CHURCH

Ruby Jane GRIMES

Born: 19 June 1884,
Died: 9 September 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Birth — 1849
23 November 1849
Brome, Quebec, Canada

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES and Margaret Ann FLETCHER 2 August 1869, Brome, Quebec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Alice-Lorinda GRIMES was born 17 December 1870, Dunham, Québec, Canada (Dunham Flats)

Joseph Lorenzo was 21 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Death of Spouse/Partner
Margaret Ann FLETCHER died 14 February 1874, Brome, Brome, Quebec, 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)

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)

1914 Death of Child
Alice-Lorinda GRIMES died 27 May 1914, Dunham, Québec, Canada (Dunham Flats)

Joseph Lorenzo was 64 years old.

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

1922 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nancy Jane CHURCH died 3 May 1922, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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