Theophile BASTIEN

(b. 29 December 1839 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1903 , Marquette, Michigan, USA )

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Theophile BASTIEN was born 29 December 1839 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Theophile BASTIEN was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Theophile married Amabilis VILLENEUVE 20 September 1870 in Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amabilis VILLENEUVE was born 8 May 1846 in Canada. Amabilis died 21 June 1912 in Marquette, Michigan, USA.

Theophile BASTIEN died 30 October 1903 in Marquette, Michigan, 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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Theophile BASTIEN married

Amabilis VILLENEUVE-- Date: 20 September 1870 Place: Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada

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Children of Theophile BASTIEN and Amabilis VILLENEUVE:

Mary Louise BASTIEN (b.10 May 1875, Marquette, Michigan, USA d. 16 April 1935, Marquette, Michigan, USA)
m. Damase Elzear MARSAN 25 October 1892 in Marquette, Michigan, USA

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1839 Birth
29 December 1839
Maskinongé, Lower 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)

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)

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

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

1870 Marriage / Partner
Theophile BASTIEN and Amabilis VILLENEUVE 20 September 1870, Saint-Justin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Mary Louise BASTIEN was born 10 May 1875, Marquette, Michigan, USA

Theophile was 35 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.

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)

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

1892 Marriage of Child
Mary Louise BASTIEN married 25 October 1892, Marquette, Michigan, USA to Damase Elzear MARSAN

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)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)