Marie-Melanie RANCOURT

Born

5 July 1854 , Château-Richer, Canada East

Died

5 February 1917 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

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Joseph RANCOURT Marcelline CAUCHON

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Born: 5 July 1854 in Château-Richer, Canada East

Father: Joseph RANCOURT

Mother: Marcelline CAUCHON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph RANCOURT , Marie GARIEPY

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie CAUCHON , Barbe-Isabelle-Elisabeth TRUDEL

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Marie-Melanie married Wilbrod TREMBLAY 24 August 1874 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Wilbrod TREMBLAY was born 25 November 1844 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Wilbrod was the child of Dominique TREMBLAY and Seraphine TREMBLAY.

Marie-Melanie RANCOURT died 5 February 1917 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada .
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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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Marie-Melanie RANCOURT married

Wilbrod TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 24 August 1874
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada
Wilbrod TREMBLAY was the child of Dominique TREMBLAY and Seraphine TREMBLAY

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Children of Wilbrod TREMBLAY and Marie-Melanie RANCOURT

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1873, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1876, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1854
5 July 1854
Château-Richer, 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

1874 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Melanie RANCOURT and Wilbrod TREMBLAY 24 August 1874, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 20 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 - 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)