Marguerite-Leona VAINCOURT

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15 September 1911 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

15 July 1955 , Québec Province, Canada

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Joseph VAINCOURT Marie Rosalie TREMBLAY

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Born: 15 September 1911 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph VAINCOURT

Mother: Marie Rosalie TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Theophile VAILLANCOURT , Phoebe JOHNSON

Maternal grandparents: Augustin TREMBLAY , Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER

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Marguerite-Leona married Ernest Edward CHARLES 1 November 1933 in Ormstown, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Ernest Edward CHARLES was born abt. 1907 Ernest Edward died abt. 1966 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Marguerite-Leona VAINCOURT died 15 July 1955 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Marguerite-Leona VAINCOURT married

Ernest Edward CHARLES
Marriage date: 1 November 1933
Marriage place: Ormstown, Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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11-01-1933 Margaret Vaincourt, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Vaincourt, married Ernest Charles, of Sherbrooke PQ. At Franklin Center PQ, by Rev. W. T. Paine.

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Birth — 1911
15 September 1911
Québec Province, 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)

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)

1933 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Leona VAINCOURT and Ernest Edward CHARLES 1 November 1933, Ormstown, Québec, Canada (Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown)

She was 22 years old.

Marguerite-Leona VAINCOURT - 1933 marriage

1933 marriage

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

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

1935 Birth of Son
01-31-1935 To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Charles, (nee Margaret Vaincourt), at Sherbrooke PQ, a son.
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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

1944 - Ormstown, Quebec
Living in Ormstown, Quebec in 1944 according to sister, Eva's obituary.
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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