Norbert JOLY

(b. 28 October 1848 , Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 20 December 1927 , Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )

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Norbert JOLY was born 28 October 1848 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East

Norbert JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JOLY and Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET (maternal) Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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

Norbert married Esther DESROSIERS 17 February 1868 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther DESROSIERS was born 4 February 1850 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Esther died 25 March 1905 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel). Esther was the child of Narcisse-Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Genevieve GEOFFROY.

Norbert JOLY died 20 December 1927 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada .
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Norbert JOLY married

Esther DESROSIERS-- Date: 17 February 1868 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada

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Esther DESROSIERS was the child of Narcisse-Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Genevieve GEOFFROY

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Children of Norbert JOLY and Esther DESROSIERS:

Alexandrina JOLY (b.27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Eugene GRAVEL 27 August 1889 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1848 Birth
28 October 1848
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East

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

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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Norbert JOLY and Esther DESROSIERS 17 February 1868, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

He was 19 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Alexandrina JOLY was born 27 December 1870, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

Norbert was 22 years old.

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)

1889 Marriage of Child
Alexandrina JOLY married 27 August 1889, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Eugene GRAVEL

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)

1897 Death of Child
Alexandrina JOLY died 13 June 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Norbert was 48 years old.

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)

1905 Death of Spouse/Partner
Esther DESROSIERS died 25 March 1905, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada