Joseph BELLIVEAU

Born

15 August 1834 , Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

10 January 1924 , Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Anselme BELLIVEAU Seraphie DOUCET

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Born: 15 August 1834 in Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Anselme BELLIVEAU

Mother: Seraphie DOUCET

Paternal grandparents: Charles BELLIVEAU dit MORPAIN , Rosalie COMEAU

Maternal grandparents: Anselme DOUCET , Marguerite LEBLANC

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Joseph married Helen MELANSON 26 February 1865 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helen MELANSON was born 9 May 1836 in Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Helen died 11 September 1907 Helen was the child of Augustin Magloire MELANSON and Marie Magdeleine DUGAST.

Joseph BELLIVEAU died 10 January 1924 in Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Helen MELANSON
Marriage date: 26 February 1865
Marriage place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Helen MELANSON was the child of Augustin Magloire MELANSON and Marie Magdeleine DUGAST

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Marie Rita BELLIVEAU

Born: 23 May 1874, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 28 April 1936, Crosse Coques, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Benjamin Alcove ROBICHAUD 1899 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1834
15 August 1834
Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, 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 - 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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BELLIVEAU and Helen MELANSON 26 February 1865, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

He was 30 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie Rita BELLIVEAU was born 23 May 1874, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

Joseph was 39 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)

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))