Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) THOMAS

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abt. 1836 , New Brunswick, Canada

Died

8 April 1918 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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John (Jean) THOMAS Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

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Born: abt. 1836 in New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John (Jean) THOMAS

Mother: Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Paternal grandparents: John THOMAS , Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

Maternal grandparents: Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) , Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

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Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) married Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 12 February 1866 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 25 August 1816 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Canut died 31 December 1889 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Canut was the child of Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT and Marie BRIDEAU.

Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) THOMAS died 8 April 1918 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) THOMAS married

Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)
Marriage date: 12 February 1866
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was the child of Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT and Marie BRIDEAU

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Children of Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) THOMAS

Adele ARSENEAU

Born: abt. 1869, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1954, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

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1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

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)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Élizabeth Louise (Lizette) THOMAS and Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 12 February 1866, , New Brunswick, Canada

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.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Canut ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 31 December 1889, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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)

Death — 1918
8 April 1918
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada