Thérèse LECLAIR

Born

26 August 1919 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

4 January 2013 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Born: 26 August 1919 in Québec Province, Canada

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Thérèse married Yves GADBOIS 15 August 1942 . Yves GADBOIS was born 19 July 1916 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Yves died 14 September 1992 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia). Yves was the child of Frédéric Alfred GADBOIS and Hermine-Anita GRANDBOIS.

Thérèse LECLAIR died 4 January 2013 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

daughter of John Leclair and Marguerite Moreaud

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Thérèse LECLAIR married

Yves GADBOIS
Marriage date: 15 August 1942
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Yves GADBOIS was the child of Frédéric Alfred GADBOIS and Hermine-Anita GRANDBOIS

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Yves married Thérèse Leclair on August 15 1942. She was born on August 26 1919. Their son, Jean-François was born on August 27 1949. They had four other children. Jacques, Andrée, Yves, Pierre.

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Birth — 1919
26 August 1919
Québec Province, Canada

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)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1930 - August 7 - R. B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - October 23 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1936 - January 20 - Edward VIII becomes King of England

1936 - December 11 - George VI becomes King of England

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1942 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse LECLAIR and Yves GADBOIS 15 August 1942,

She was 22 years old.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1948 - November 15 - Louis St. Laurent becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1952 - February 6 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England

1957 - June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1963 - April 22 - Lester B. Pearson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1968 - April 20 - Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1979 - June 4 - Joe Clark becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1980 - March 3 - Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1984 - June 30 - John Turner becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1984 - September 17 - Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1992 Death of Spouse/Partner
Yves GADBOIS died 14 September 1992, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

1993 - June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1993 - November 4 - Jean Chrétien becomes Prime Minister of Canada

2003 - December 12 - Paul Martin becomes Prime Minister of Canada

2006 - February 6 - Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Obituary
Thérèse Leclair Gadbois
Passed on: January 4th, 2013

Thérèse (Leclair) Gadbois
(1919 – 2013)
À l’IUGS Pavillon St-Joseph, le 4 janvier dernier, à l’âge de 93 ans, est décédée madame Thérèse Leclair Gadbois, fille de feu John Leclair et de feu Marguerite Moreaud. Elle était l’épouse de feu Yves Gadbois, demeurant à Sherbrooke.
A la demande de Mme Leclair Gadbois il n’y a pas eu d’exposition.
Le jour des funérailles la famille sera présente à l’église en présence des cendres à compter de 10h afin de recevoir les condoléances des parents et amis.
Funérailles le samedi 24 août à 11h à l’église Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours, 905 rue Ontario, Sherbrooke (Québec).
Mme Leclair Gadbout laisse dans le deuil
ses enfants ; Pierre (Lucie Pomerleau), Andrée (Cepp Stadler), Jacques (Johanne Gaboury) Jean-François (Denyse Demers) et Yves (Claire Donahue)
Elle laisse également dans le deuil ses petits-enfants, arrières petits-enfants ainsi que plusieurs neveux, nièces, cousins, cousines...Read full story

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Death — 2013
4 January 2013
Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 93.