Theophile GUERTIN

Born

5 December 1817 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

13 September 1878 , Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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Basile GUERTIN Marie-Renee TREMBLAY

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Born: 5 December 1817 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Basile GUERTIN

Mother: Marie-Renee TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Basile GUERTIN , Apolline (Pauline) DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY , Marie-Amable LESTAGE

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

Theophile married Adelaide TREMBLAY 25 December 1844 in La Prairie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Adelaide was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Madeleine BLOUIN (BELOIN).

Theophile GUERTIN died 13 September 1878 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.

m. Adelaide Tremblay 25 DEC 1844 in St-Phillipe, Laprairie, Quebec, 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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Theophile GUERTIN married

Adelaide TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 December 1844
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada East
Adelaide TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Madeleine BLOUIN (BELOIN)

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Children of Theophile GUERTIN and Adelaide TREMBLAY

Théophile GUERTIN

Born: 24 December 1844, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: ,

Auguste GUERTIN

Born: 11 September 1846, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: ,

Georges-Alfred GUERTIN

Born: 9 May 1849, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Missisquoi County, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1817
5 December 1817
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Theophile GUERTIN and Adelaide TREMBLAY 25 December 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Théophile GUERTIN was born 24 December 1844, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Theophile was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Auguste GUERTIN was born 11 September 1846, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Theophile was 28 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Georges-Alfred GUERTIN was born 9 May 1849, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Missisquoi County, Québec, Canada

Theophile was 31 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)

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.