Joseph Ready RICKER

(b. 19 July 1839 , Tingwick, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1918 , Sanford, Maine, USA )

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Joseph Ready RICKER was born 19 July 1839 in Tingwick, Lower Canada

Joseph Ready RICKER was the child of John R RICKER and Margaret READY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ebenezer RICKER and Mercy GLASS

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

Joseph Ready married Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT 19 July 1866 in Tingwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT was born 17 July 1844 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville). Mary Sophia Seraphine died 20 January 1930 in Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills). Mary Sophia Seraphine was the child of Jean-Louis BOISVERT and .

Joseph Ready RICKER died 17 May 1918 in Sanford, Maine, USA .
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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 Joseph Ready RICKER

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Joseph Ready RICKER married

Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT-- Date: 19 July 1866 Place: Tingwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT was the child of Jean-Louis BOISVERT and

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Children of Joseph Ready RICKER and Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT:

Mary Sophia RICKER (b.19 February 1875, Tingwick, Québec, Canada d. 18 September 1935, , Connecticut, USA)
m. Walter James SILVERNAIL 2 January 1897 in Salisbury, Connecticut, USA (Lakeville)

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1839 Birth
19 July 1839
Tingwick, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Ready RICKER and Mary Sophia Seraphine BOISVERT 19 July 1866, Tingwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

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

1875 Birth of Child
Mary Sophia RICKER was born 19 February 1875, Tingwick, Québec, Canada (Saint Patrick's Hill)

Joseph Ready 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)

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)

1897 Marriage of Child
Mary Sophia RICKER married 2 January 1897, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA (Lakeville) to Walter James SILVERNAIL

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)