Jean Baptiste TARDIF

Born

8 May 1821 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

28 May 1911 , Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

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Germain TARDIF Felicite SAVOIE

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Born: 8 May 1821 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Germain TARDIF

Mother: Felicite SAVOIE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste TARDIF , Marie-Anne DUBE

Maternal grandparents: Germain SAVOIE , Marie Modeste ARSENAULT

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Jean Baptiste married Virginie PARENT 6 November 1853 in Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Virginie PARENT was born 6 April 1833 in Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Virginie died 30 April 1901 in Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Virginie was the child of Jean-Baptiste PERREAULT and Marie-Catherine BAIN.

Jean Baptiste TARDIF died 28 May 1911 in Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Jean Baptiste TARDIF married

Virginie PARENT
Marriage date: 6 November 1853
Marriage place: Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Virginie PARENT was the child of Jean-Baptiste PERREAULT and Marie-Catherine BAIN

Children of Jean Baptiste TARDIF and Virginie PARENT

James TARDY

Born: 3 February 1878, Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 August 1950, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie LEBLANC 25 August 1901

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Birth — 1821
8 May 1821
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste TARDIF and Virginie PARENT 6 November 1853, Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in 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

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
James TARDY was born 3 February 1878, Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean Baptiste was 56 years old.

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

1901 Death of Spouse/Partner
Virginie PARENT died 30 April 1901, Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

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

Death — 1911
28 May 1911
Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada
He died at the age of 90.

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