Joseph Francois
PROULX
Born
10 December 1814
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died
25 October 1895
,
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Francois PROULX was born 10 December 1814 in Yamaska, Lower Canada
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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 changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Joseph Francois PROULX
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Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC-- Date: 14 January 1851 Place: Sorel, Canada East
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Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC-- Date: 14 January 1851 Place: Sorel, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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
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)
1851 Marriage / PartnerJoseph Francois PROULX and Louise Marie Edesse LEBLANC 14 January 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 36 years old.
1858 Birth of ChildMarie Edesse PROULX was born 18 April 1858, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada
Joseph Francois was 43 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1881 Marriage of ChildMarie 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)
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
1895 Death 25 October 1895
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 80.
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