Philippe THOMAS

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30 July 1847 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

15 May 1930 , New Brunswick, Canada

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Guillaume Jonas THOMAS Adelaide COMEAU

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Born: 30 July 1847 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Guillaume Jonas THOMAS

Mother: Adelaide COMEAU

Paternal grandparents: John (Jean) THOMAS , Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Maternal grandparents: Laurent COMEAU , Théotiste SAULNIER

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Philippe married Marie Olive ROBICHAUD 21 February 1881 in Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada . Marie Olive ROBICHAUD was born 2 May 1846 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Olive died abt. 1897 Marie Olive was the child of Joseph Eloi ROBICHAUD and Madeleine SAVOIE.

Philippe married (2) Angele THIBODEAU 20 June 1898 in New Brunswick, Canada . Angele THIBODEAU was born abt. 1870

Philippe THOMAS died 15 May 1930 in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Marie Olive ROBICHAUD
Marriage date: 21 February 1881
Marriage place: Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Olive ROBICHAUD was the child of Joseph Eloi ROBICHAUD and Madeleine SAVOIE

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Philippe THOMAS married

Angele THIBODEAU
Marriage date: 20 June 1898
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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Marriage notes:

Name: Phillipe Thomas

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 20 Jun 1898

Event Place: , Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Gender: Male

Age: 49

Birth Year (Estimated): 1849

Father's Name: Jonas Thomas

Mother's Name: Adelaide Comeau

Spouse's Name: Angele Thibodeau

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age: 28

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1870

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Spouse's Mother's Name: Lucile Thibodeau

Certificate Number: 2822

Page: 49

GS Film Number: 002024692

Digital Folder Number: 005193024

Image Number: 01043

"New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 6 August 2015), Jonas Thomas in entry for Phillipe Thomas and Angele Thibodeau, 20 Jun 1898; citing , Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada, p. 49, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,024,692.

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Birth — 1847
30 July 1847
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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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.

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)

1881 Marriage / Partner
Philippe THOMAS and Marie Olive ROBICHAUD 21 February 1881, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 33 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)

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)

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)

1898 Marriage / Partner
Philippe THOMAS and Angele THIBODEAU 20 June 1898, , New Brunswick, Canada

He was 50 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)

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

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

Death
Name: Philippe Thomas
Event Type: DEATH
Event Date: 15 May 1930
Event Place: Leach Office, Gloucester, New Brunswick
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1847
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
Father's Name: Jonas Thomas
Mother's Name: Adélaïde Comeau
Spouse's Name: Lucile Arseneau
Reference ID: 062211
Volume: 62
GS Film number: 2134672
Digital Folder Number: 4529809
Image Number: 00232

'New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938,' database with images, FamilySearch.org

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