Jean TURMEL

(b. 28 December 1853 , Sainte-Marie, Canada East d. 19 January 1932 , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Jean TURMEL was born 28 December 1853 in Sainte-Marie, Canada East

Jean TURMEL was the child of Joseph TURMEL and Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin TURMEL and Geneviève DOYON (maternal) Louis FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Geneviève JACQUES

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

Jean married Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE 1 August 1882 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE was born 10 March 1862 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Elmire died 6 July 1935 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Elmire was the child of Antoine GREGOIRE and Adelaide ELIE (HELIE) dite BRETON.

Jean TURMEL died 19 January 1932 in Montréal, Québec, 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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Jean TURMEL married

Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE-- Date: 1 August 1882 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada
Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE was the child of Antoine GREGOIRE and Adelaide ELIE (HELIE) dite BRETON

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Children of Jean TURMEL and Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE:

Hermosa TURMEL (b.3 July 1884, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada d. 28 August 1960, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Victorien SENECAL 20 April 1903 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1853 Birth
28 December 1853
Sainte-Marie, Canada East

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)

1882 Marriage / Partner
Jean TURMEL and Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE 1 August 1882, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 28 years old.

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

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

1884 Birth of Child
Hermosa TURMEL was born 3 July 1884, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean was 30 years old.

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)

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)

1903 Marriage of Child
Hermosa TURMEL married 20 April 1903, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Victorien SENECAL

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