Henrietta LESSARD

Born

14 March 1837 , Iberville, Lower Canada

Died

27 November 1921 , Burlington, Vermont, USA

Henrietta married Edouard DUMAS 7 January 1851 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edouard DUMAS was born 6 April 1827 in Iberville, Lower Canada . Edouard died 16 May 1912 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Edouard was the child of Jerome DUMAS and Marie-Louise CHAROUX .

Parents & Family of Henrietta LESSARD

Parents of Henrietta LESSARD

Father

Louis LESSARD

Mother

Elizabeth (Isabelle) GIROUX

Grandparents of Henrietta LESSARD

Paternal grandparents

Louis LESSARD Marie-Charlotte CHARLAND

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GIROUX Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS

Henrietta was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1861.
The French-Canadian Migration: New England's Late 1800s Odyssey

daughter of Louis Lessard and Isabelle Giroux

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Henrietta LESSARD

Henrietta LESSARD married

Edouard DUMAS
Marriage date: 7 January 1851
Marriage place: , Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Edouard DUMAS was the child of Jerome DUMAS and Marie-Louise CHAROUX

Children of Edouard DUMAS and Henrietta LESSARD

Matilda DUMAS

Born: 2 May 1872, Colchester, Vermont, USA
Died: 20 July 1964, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Edward LEMIEUX 12 May 1889 Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1837
14 March 1837
Iberville, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Henrietta LESSARD and Edouard DUMAS 7 January 1851, , Canada

She was 13 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

1872 Birth of Child
Matilda DUMAS was born 2 May 1872, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Henrietta was 35 years old.

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.

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)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Marriage of Child
Matilda DUMAS married 12 May 1889, Burlington, Vermont, USA to Edward LEMIEUX

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

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)

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)