Joseph Jean Baptiste VADNAIS

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28 March 1811 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1897 , Centerville, Anoka, Minnesota, USA

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Born: 28 March 1811 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Joseph Jean Baptiste married Marie Louise GINGRAS 8 January 1839 in Saint-David, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Louise GINGRAS was born 7 March 1817 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie Louise died 17 April 1867 in Little Canada, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA.

Joseph Jean Baptiste VADNAIS died abt. 1897 in Centerville, Anoka, Minnesota, USA.
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Joseph Jean Baptiste VADNAIS married

Marie Louise GINGRAS
Marriage date: 8 January 1839
Marriage place: Saint-David, Lower Canada

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Joseph Nelson VADNAIS

Born: 15 July 1854, Little Canada, Ramsey, Minnesota Territory
Died: 25 March 1927, Warba, Itasca, Minnesota, USA

Married: Mary Odeal BENWARE 23 January 1876

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Birth — 1811
28 March 1811
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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Jean Baptiste VADNAIS and Marie Louise GINGRAS 8 January 1839, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1854 Birth of Child
Joseph Nelson VADNAIS was born 15 July 1854, Little Canada, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

Joseph Jean Baptiste was 43 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)