François "Francis" LAVALLEE

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6 May 1846 , Sorel, Canada East

Died

14 March 1898 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 6 May 1846 in Sorel, Canada East

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François "Francis" married Mathilda BOUCHER 26 January 1870 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilda BOUCHER was born 3 June 1853 in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Québec, Canada. Mathilda died 25 February 1881 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Mathilda was the child of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS.

François "Francis" LAVALLEE died 14 March 1898 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

son of Denis Lavallee and Francoise Peloquin

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François "Francis" LAVALLEE married

Mathilda BOUCHER
Marriage date: 26 January 1870
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Mathilda BOUCHER was the child of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS

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Groom's Name: Francis Lovila

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Bride's Name: Matilda Bushy

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Marriage Date: 26 Jan 1870

Marriage Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts

Groom's Father's Name: Denis Lovila

Groom's Mother's Name: Francis

Bride's Father's Name: David Bushy

Bride's Mother's Name: Rosie

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01909-6

System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM

Source Film Number: 1433029

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Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Children of François "Francis" LAVALLEE and Mathilda BOUCHER

François "Frank" LAVALLEE

Born: 19 February 1875, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: February 1967, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Georgiana Catharina MILLETTE 24 June 1902 Place: Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1846
6 May 1846
Sorel, Canada East

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
François "Francis" LAVALLEE and Mathilda BOUCHER 26 January 1870, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 23 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
François "Frank" LAVALLEE was born 19 February 1875, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

François "Francis" was 28 years old.

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.

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

1881 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathilda BOUCHER died 25 February 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

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Name: Francois Lavallee
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Death Date: 14 Mar 1898
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Age: 52
Birth Date: 1846
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Father's Name: Denis Lavallee
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Mother's Name: Francoise Peloquin
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01161-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2047599
Reference ID: 63

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHFQ-DWY : accessed 27 July 2015), Francois Lavallee, 14 Mar 1898; citing , reference 63; FHL microfilm 2,047,599.
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