Achille GAUVIN

Born

21 June 1863 , Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Canada East

Died

7 April 1940 , Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

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Born: 21 June 1863 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Canada East

Parents of Achille GAUVIN

Father

Louis-Damase GAUVIN

Mother

Domitilde D'AMOUR

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Achille married Delina CASTONGUAY 21 February 1887 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delina CASTONGUAY was born abt. 1868 in Québec Province, Canada. Delina died 22 November 1937 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada. Delina was the child of Charles CASTONGUAY and Philomene OUELLET.

Achille GAUVIN died 7 April 1940 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Achille GAUVIN

Achille GAUVIN married

Delina CASTONGUAY
Marriage date: 21 February 1887
Marriage place: Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada
Delina CASTONGUAY was the child of Charles CASTONGUAY and Philomene OUELLET

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

Children of Achille GAUVIN and Delina CASTONGUAY

Joseph Archille Andre GAUVIN

Born: 12/1/1902, Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada
Died: 2/7/1959, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Ernestine LEVEQUE 1927

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1863
21 June 1863
Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Canada East

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 Marriage / Partner
Achille GAUVIN and Delina CASTONGUAY 21 February 1887, Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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)

1902 Birth of Child
Joseph Archille Andre GAUVIN was born 12/1/1902, Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Achille was 39 years old.

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)

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

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

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada