Edwidge BLANC

Born

12 August 1857 , Québec, Canada East

Died

26 June 1954 ,

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Born: 12 August 1857 in Québec, Canada East

Parents of Edwidge BLANC

Father

Henri BLANC

Mother

Angele DENIS

Grandparents of Edwidge BLANC

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Maternal grandparents

Etienne DENIS Marguerite ROCHETTE

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Edwidge married Samuel TREMBLAY 7 September 1875 in Ste-Catherine, Portneuf, Québec Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Samuel TREMBLAY was born 22 October 1843 in Ste-Catherine-Jacques-Cartier, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada. Samuel was the child of Samuel TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise GOUDGE.

Edwidge BLANC died 26 June 1954
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Edwidge BLANC

Edwidge BLANC married

Samuel TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 7 September 1875
Marriage place: Ste-Catherine, Portneuf, Québec Canada

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Samuel TREMBLAY was the child of Samuel TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise GOUDGE

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

Children of Samuel TREMBLAY and Edwidge BLANC

Eleonore TREMBLAY

Born: 16 September 1878, Québec, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 January 1955, Québec, Québec, Canada

Delia TREMBLAY

Born: 29 June 1884, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 May 1963, St-Michel-Archange, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1857
12 August 1857
Québec, Canada East

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1875 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge BLANC and Samuel TREMBLAY 7 September 1875, Ste-Catherine, Portneuf, Québec Canada

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Eleonore TREMBLAY was born 16 September 1878, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Edwidge was 21 years old.

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Delia TREMBLAY was born 29 June 1884, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwidge was 26 years old.

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

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