Francois JETTE

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16 February 1818 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

19 May 1903 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Antoine JETTE Rose RIVET

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Born: 16 February 1818 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine JETTE

Mother: Rose RIVET

Paternal grandparents: Antoine JETTE , Marie-Louise PAYET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste RIVET , Marie-Amable TRUDEAU

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Francois married Sophie LAPORTE 25 July 1854 in Joliette, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie LAPORTE was born 30 August 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Sophie died 31 May 1902 in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA (Massachusetts). Sophie was the child of Andre LAPORTE and Isabelle TELMOSSE.

Francois JETTE died 19 May 1903 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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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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Francois JETTE married

Sophie LAPORTE
Marriage date: 25 July 1854
Marriage place: Joliette, Canada East
Sophie LAPORTE was the child of Andre LAPORTE and Isabelle TELMOSSE

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Children of Francois JETTE and Sophie LAPORTE

Marie-Eugenie JETTE

Born: 5 August 1865, Acton Vale, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Amable PICHETTE 17 July 1882 Place: Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

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Birth — 1818
16 February 1818
Joliette, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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

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)

1854 Marriage / Partner
Francois JETTE and Sophie LAPORTE 25 July 1854, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 36 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Eugenie JETTE was born 5 August 1865, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Francois was 47 years old.

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

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

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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1882 Marriage of Child
Marie-Eugenie JETTE married 17 July 1882, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton) to Amable PICHETTE

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

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