Zephirin VEZINA

(b. 26 August 1829 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 3 January 1917 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada )

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Zephirin VEZINA was born 26 August 1829 in Québec, Lower Canada

Zephirin VEZINA was the child of Jean-Charles VEZINA and Marguerite CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Charles VEZINA and Christine CANTIN (QUENTIN) (maternal) Basile CLOUTIER and Marie-Geneviève REGIMBAL

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

Zephirin married Caroline TREPANIER 18 May 1857 in Québec, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline TREPANIER was born abt. 1834 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Caroline died 12 May 1882 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Caroline was the child of Pierre TREPANIER and Marguerite BAILLARGEON.

Zephirin VEZINA died 3 January 1917 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada.
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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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Zephirin VEZINA married

Caroline TREPANIER-- Date: 18 May 1857 Place: Québec, Canada East
Caroline TREPANIER was the child of Pierre TREPANIER and Marguerite BAILLARGEON

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Children of Zephirin VEZINA and Caroline TREPANIER:

Marie-Marguerite-Caroline VÉZINA (b.30 June 1858, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 January 1937, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )
m. Narcisse-George PELLETIER 14 September 1881 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1829 Birth
26 August 1829
Québec, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of 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)

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.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Zephirin VEZINA and Caroline TREPANIER 18 May 1857, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 27 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite-Caroline VÉZINA was born 30 June 1858, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Zephirin was 28 years old.

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)

1881 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite-Caroline VÉZINA married 14 September 1881, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Narcisse-George PELLETIER

1882 Death of Spouse/Partner
Caroline TREPANIER died 12 May 1882, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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)

1917 Death
3 January 1917
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 87.

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