Edwige RAJOTTE

(b. 17 November 1848 , Sorel, Canada East d. 9 July 1929 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Edwige RAJOTTE was born 17 November 1848 in Sorel, Canada East

Edwige RAJOTTE was the child of Paul-Napoleon RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Françoise PIZANNE (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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

Edwige married Paul SALVAIL 6 August 1867 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Paul SALVAIL was born 8 November 1845 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Paul was the child of Joseph SALVAIL and Angele HUS LATRAVERSE.

Edwige RAJOTTE died 9 July 1929 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.

m. Paul Salvail 6 AUG 1867 in Sorel, Richelieu, Québec

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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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Edwige RAJOTTE married

Paul SALVAIL-- Date: 6 August 1867 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Paul SALVAIL was the child of Joseph SALVAIL and Angele HUS LATRAVERSE

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Children of Paul SALVAIL and Edwige RAJOTTE:

Clementine SALVAIL (b.22 March 1868, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Paul SALVAIL (b.abt. 1870, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Rosanna SALVAIL (b.abt. 1874, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie SALVAIL (b.abt. 1876, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph SALVAIL (b.October 1878, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Louise SALVAIL (b.abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Narcisse SALVAIL (b.22 May 1883, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Homere SALVAIL (b.26 September 1886, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Rose-Alba SALVAIL (b.April 1890, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1848 Birth
17 November 1848
Sorel, Canada East

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 Marriage / Partner
Edwige RAJOTTE and Paul SALVAIL 6 August 1867, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Clementine SALVAIL was born 22 March 1868, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwige was 19 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 Birth of Child
Joseph SALVAIL was born October 1878, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwige was 29 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1883 Birth of Child
Narcisse SALVAIL was born 22 May 1883, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwige was 34 years old.

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)

1886 Birth of Child
Homere SALVAIL was born 26 September 1886, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwige was 37 years old.

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)

1890 Birth of Child
Rose-Alba SALVAIL was born April 1890, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Edwige was 41 years old.

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)

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)

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