Adele DEGRES

(b. 6 July 1842 , Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 13 April 1932 , Granby, Québec, Canada )

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Adele DEGRES was born 6 July 1842 in Saint-Pie, Canada East

Adele DEGRES was the child of Pascal DEGRES and Marguerite DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe DEGRES and Marie-Amable HOGUE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marguerite FOURNIER

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

Adele married Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ 20 November 1865 in Granby, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ was born 9 April 1843 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jean-Marie-Paul died 6 March 1915 in Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby). Jean-Marie-Paul was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRÉ and Marguerite GENEST dite LABARRE.

Adele DEGRES died 13 April 1932 in Granby, Québec, Canada .

m. Jean Marie Paul Dupre, 20 November 1865, Notre-Dame, Granby, Quebec

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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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Family and Children of Adele DEGRES

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Adele DEGRES married

Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ-- Date: 20 November 1865 Place: Granby, Canada East
Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRÉ and Marguerite GENEST dite LABARRE

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Children of Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ and Adele DEGRES:

Emma DUPRE (b.4 November 1867, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East d. 24 June 1970, Granby, Québec, Canada )

Marc-Paul-Pascal DUPRE (b.16 October 1869, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada d. 16 June 1955, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Albina DUPRE (b.25 June 1873, Granby, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1957, Granby, Québec, Canada )

Victoria DUPRE (b.16 July 1874, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada d. 10 February 1969, Granby, Québec, Canada )

Clara DUPRE (b.20 June 1876, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 May 1968, Granby, Québec, Canada )

Albert DUPRE (b.3 September 1881, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 April 1961, Comox C.B., Canada)

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1842 Birth
6 July 1842
Saint-Pie, Canada East

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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Adele DEGRES and Jean-Marie-Paul DUPRÉ 20 November 1865, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

She was 23 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Emma DUPRE was born 4 November 1867, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Adele was 25 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Marc-Paul-Pascal DUPRE was born 16 October 1869, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Adele was 27 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Albina DUPRE was born 25 June 1873, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

Adele was 30 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Victoria DUPRE was born 16 July 1874, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Adele was 32 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Clara DUPRE was born 20 June 1876, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Adele was 33 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Albert DUPRE was born 3 September 1881, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Adele was 39 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)

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)