Israel Joseph JEFFREY

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29 August 1840 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

28 July 1914 , East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota, USA

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Born: 29 August 1840 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Israel Joseph married Marie Cesarie DURAND 1 September 1857 in Goderich, Canada West . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Cesarie DURAND was born 26 May 1842 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie Cesarie died 16 April 1937 in East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota, USA.

Israel Joseph JEFFREY died 28 July 1914 in East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota, 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
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Israel Joseph JEFFREY married

Marie Cesarie DURAND
Marriage date: 1 September 1857
Marriage place: Goderich, Canada West

Children of Israel Joseph JEFFREY and Marie Cesarie DURAND

Leon Andrew JEFFREY

Born: 12 April 1864, Hay Township, Huron, Canada West
Died: 13 July 1940, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Married: Emeline GEOFFROY 1 February 1886

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Birth — 1840
29 August 1840
Sainte-Élisabeth, 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)

1857 Marriage / Partner
Israel Joseph JEFFREY and Marie Cesarie DURAND 1 September 1857, Goderich, Ontario, Canada

He was 17 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Leon Andrew JEFFREY was born 12 April 1864, Hay Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Israel Joseph was 23 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)

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

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)

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)