Michel Treffle FONTAINE

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17 July 1840 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

8 December 1890 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 17 July 1840 in Chambly, Lower Canada

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Michel Treffle married Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE 8 February 1864 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE was born 11 March 1846 in Varennes, Canada East . Marie Malvina Melina died 4 January 1908 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

Michel Treffle FONTAINE died 8 December 1890 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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Michel Treffle FONTAINE married

Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE
Marriage date: 8 February 1864
Marriage place: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East

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

Children of Michel Treffle FONTAINE and Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE

Joseph Noel FONTAINE

Born: 25 December 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East
Died: abt. 1943, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Meleda BELLIVEAU 2 June 1895 Place: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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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 — 1840
17 July 1840
Chambly, 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 Marriage / Partner
Michel Treffle FONTAINE and Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE 8 February 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

He was 23 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph Noel FONTAINE was born 25 December 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

Michel Treffle was 24 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)