Francois Xavier PARENT

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10 January 1837 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

14 June 1910 , Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jean-Antoine-Marie PARENT Angele CYR

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Born: 10 January 1837 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Jean-Antoine-Marie PARENT

Mother: Angele CYR

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Francois Xavier married Flavie VIOLETTE 14 January 1858 in Van Buren, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavie VIOLETTE was born 4 February 1838 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Flavie died 25 February 1883 in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada (St Leonard). Flavie was the child of Augustin VIOLETTE and Marie-Rosalie MICHAUD.

Francois Xavier PARENT died 14 June 1910 in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Francois Xavier PARENT married

Flavie VIOLETTE
Marriage date: 14 January 1858
Marriage place: Van Buren, Maine, USA
Flavie VIOLETTE was the child of Augustin VIOLETTE and Marie-Rosalie MICHAUD

Children of Francois Xavier PARENT and Flavie VIOLETTE

Joseph PARENT

Born: 2 September 1859, Van Buren, Maine, USA
Died: 18 June 1935, Limestone, Maine, USA

Married: Emma COTE 21 August 1882 Place: Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada (Colebrooke)

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Birth — 1837
10 January 1837
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Francois Xavier PARENT and Flavie VIOLETTE 14 January 1858, Van Buren, Maine, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Joseph PARENT was born 2 September 1859, Van Buren, Maine, USA

Francois Xavier was 22 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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)

1882 Marriage of Child
Joseph PARENT married 21 August 1882, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada (Colebrooke) to Emma COTE

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
Flavie VIOLETTE died 25 February 1883, Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada (St Leonard)

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)

Death — 1910
14 June 1910
Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada
He died at the age of 73.

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