Hermas FONTAINE

(b. 27 May 1859 , Verchères, Canada East d. 25 May 1941 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Hermas FONTAINE was born 27 May 1859 in Verchères, Canada East

Hermas FONTAINE was the child of ? and ?

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

Hermas married Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS 15 July 1884 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS was born 25 June 1862 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marie-Rose-Delima died 14 October 1918 in St Andre d'Acton Vale de Bagot, St Hyacinthe Quebec, Canada. Marie-Rose-Delima was the child of Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Hermas FONTAINE died 25 May 1941 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .

son of Bruno Fontaine and Dorothée Tétreault

m. (2) 1-Dec-1925, St-Frederic, Drummondville, Drummond, QC, Canada
Georgiana Coulombe

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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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Hermas FONTAINE married

Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS-- Date: 15 July 1884 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS was the child of Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Children of Hermas FONTAINE and Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS:

Louise-Emma FONTAINE (b.30 April 1885, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. 10 March 1955, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

Hermas-Wilfrid FONTAINE (b.18 June 1886, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. 18 July 1950, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Annène (Anysie Aline) PARE 22 February 1909 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Marie Zélinda FONTAINE (b.12 February 1888, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1964, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Toussaint-Emile FONTAINE (b.3 February 1892, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada d. 15 March 1952, Plessisville, Quebec, Canada)

Edmond (Armond) FONTAINE (b.abt. 1894, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Antoine-Ovila FONTAINE (b.13 October 1896, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1969, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Antonine-Yvonne-Edmee LIPPE 21 June 1920 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Marie-Anne-Yvonne FONTAINE (b.21 May 1898, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada d. 30 March 1961, Coaticook, Québec, Canada)

Cécile FONTAINE (b.4 December 1900, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada d. 30 May 1971, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Aline FONTAINE (b.27 April 1906, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada d. 22 September 1973, Granby, Québec, Canada )

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1859 Birth
27 May 1859
Verchères, Canada East

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)

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

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

1884 Marriage / Partner
Hermas FONTAINE and Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS 15 July 1884, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1885 Birth of Child
Louise-Emma FONTAINE was born 30 April 1885, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Hermas was 25 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Birth of Child
Hermas-Wilfrid FONTAINE was born 18 June 1886, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Hermas was 27 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Birth of Child
Marie Zélinda FONTAINE was born 12 February 1888, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Hermas was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Toussaint-Emile FONTAINE was born 3 February 1892, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Hermas was 32 years old.

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

1896 Birth of Child
Antoine-Ovila FONTAINE was born 13 October 1896, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Québec, Canada (Milton)

Hermas was 37 years old.

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

1898 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Yvonne FONTAINE was born 21 May 1898, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Hermas was 39 years old.

1900 Birth of Child
Cécile FONTAINE was born 4 December 1900, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Hermas was 41 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 Birth of Child
Aline FONTAINE was born 27 April 1906, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

Hermas was 46 years old.

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)

1909 Marriage of Child
Hermas-Wilfrid FONTAINE married 22 February 1909, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton) to Annène (Anysie Aline) PARE

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)

1918 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS died 14 October 1918, St Andre d'Acton Vale de Bagot, St Hyacinthe Quebec, Canada

1920 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Ovila FONTAINE married 21 June 1920, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton) to Marie-Antonine-Yvonne-Edmee LIPPE

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)