Joseph Francois PROULX

(b. 10 December 1814 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 25 October 1895 , Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA )

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Joseph Francois PROULX was born 10 December 1814 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Joseph Francois PROULX was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph Francois married Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC 14 January 1851 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC was born 30 November 1830 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louise Marie Edesse died 24 January 1898 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville).

Joseph Francois PROULX died 25 October 1895 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Joseph Francois PROULX

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Joseph Francois PROULX married

Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC-- Date: 14 January 1851 Place: Sorel, Canada East

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Children of Joseph Francois PROULX and Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC:

Marie Edesse PROULX (b.18 April 1858, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. 6 January 1955, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Denis TISDELLE (TISDALE) 17 August 1881 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1814 Birth
10 December 1814
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Francois PROULX and Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC 14 January 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 36 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

1858 Birth of Child
Marie Edesse PROULX was born 18 April 1858, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Joseph Francois was 43 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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Marie Edesse PROULX married 17 August 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Denis TISDELLE (TISDALE)

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