Adolphe BRUNEAU

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17 June 1834 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

20 January 1893 , Methuen, Massachusetts, USA

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Jean-Baptiste BRUNEAU Aurelie BARTHE

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Born: 17 June 1834 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BRUNEAU

Mother: Aurelie BARTHE

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Adolphe married Georgiana NADEAU 8 January 1856 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georgiana NADEAU was born 5 September 1836 in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Québec, Canada. Georgiana died 4 March 1878 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. Georgiana was the child of Antoine NADEAU and Rose FAFARD.

Adolphe BRUNEAU died 20 January 1893 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA.

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Georgiana NADEAU
Marriage date: 8 January 1856
Marriage place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Georgiana NADEAU was the child of Antoine NADEAU and Rose FAFARD

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Marcelline BRUNEAU

Born: 20 October 1856, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Canada East
Died: 10 February 1937, Stoke Centre, Québec, Quebec, Canada

Married: David MARQUIS 8 January 1877

Sophranie BRUNEAU

Born: 28 June 1863, Saint-Philémon, Stoke, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2 November 1945, Astorville, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Jacab-Jacques GUILLEMETTE 1884

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Birth — 1834
17 June 1834
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1856 Marriage / Partner
Adolphe BRUNEAU and Georgiana NADEAU 8 January 1856, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

He was 21 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marcelline BRUNEAU was born 20 October 1856, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Québec, Canada

Adolphe was 22 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Sophranie BRUNEAU was born 28 June 1863, Saint-Philémon, Stoke, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada

Adolphe was 29 years old.

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.

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.