Joseph-Jules-Alphonse GRATTON

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11 July 1835 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

9 January 1910 , Hull, Québec, Canada

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Born: 11 July 1835 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Jules-Alphonse married Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR 5 October 1858 in Prescott, Canada West . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 29 November 1838 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Delphine-Atalie died 25 June 1898 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* .

Joseph-Jules-Alphonse GRATTON died 9 January 1910 in Hull, Québec, Canada .
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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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Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR
Marriage date: 5 October 1858
Marriage place: Prescott, Canada West

Children of Joseph-Jules-Alphonse GRATTON and Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR

Gedeon James "Jim" GRATTON

Born: 12 February 1861, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East
Died: 16 October 1937 , Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Cesarie Marie CARON 4 October 1880

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Birth — 1835
11 July 1835
Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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
Joseph-Jules-Alphonse GRATTON and Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR 5 October 1858, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Gedeon James "Jim" GRATTON was born 12 February 1861, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Jules-Alphonse was 25 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)

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)

1898 Death of Spouse/Partner
Delphine-Atalie BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR died 25 June 1898, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

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
9 January 1910
Hull, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 74.

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