Josephte BLAIN

Born

5 December 1831 , Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada

Died

22 January 1920 , Lacolle, Québec, Canada

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Jacques BLAIN Marguerite BARABE

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Born: 5 December 1831 in Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques BLAIN

Mother: Marguerite BARABE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques BLAIN , Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Francois BARABE , Josephte VANDAL

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Josephte married Abraham MARTEL 23 November 1857 in Lacolle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham MARTEL was born 1 September 1833 in Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada. Abraham died 27 September 1903 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada . Abraham was the child of Louis MARTEL and Marie-Osithe BEAUDET.

Josephte BLAIN died 22 January 1920 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada .
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Josephte BLAIN married

Abraham MARTEL
Marriage date: 23 November 1857
Marriage place: Lacolle, Canada East
Abraham MARTEL was the child of Louis MARTEL and Marie-Osithe BEAUDET

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Children of Abraham MARTEL and Josephte BLAIN

Marie-Marguerite MARTEL

Born: 1 September 1863, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: 7 December 1947, St-Paul-de-l'Ile-aux-Noix, comté St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Edouard TREMBLAY 29 February 1892 Place: Lacolle, 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 — 1831
5 December 1831
Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Josephte BLAIN and Abraham MARTEL 23 November 1857, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

She was 25 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MARTEL was born 1 September 1863, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Josephte was 31 years old.

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

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite MARTEL married 29 February 1892, Lacolle, Québec, Canada to Edouard TREMBLAY

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)

1903 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abraham MARTEL died 27 September 1903, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

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)

Death — 1920
22 January 1920
Lacolle, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 88.

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