Hormisdas REMY

(b. 9 March 1864 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 12 January 1932 , Webster, Massachusetts, USA )

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Hormisdas REMY was born 9 March 1864 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East

Hormisdas REMY was the child of François Xavier REMY and Florentine DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR and Marie-Celeste HAYET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE

Hormisdas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1907.

Hormisdas REMY died 12 January 1932 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA.

m. Adeline Desmarais (1860 - 1910)

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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1864 Birth
9 March 1864
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East

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

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

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)

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)

1910 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Hormindas Remie
Birthplace: Canada
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Family Number: 49
Page Number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Hormindas Remie M 45y Canada
WIFE Adeline Remie F 50y Canada
DAU Grazellia Remie F 21y Canada
SON Francois Remie M 20y Canada
DAU Josephine Remie F 19y Canada
DAU Lida Remie F 18y Canada
DAU Alice Remie F 14y Canada
SON Leonard Remie M 13y Canada
SON Alphonse Remie M 7y Canada
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

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)

1930 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Hormisdas Remy
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada
Estimated Birth Year: 1864
Immigration Year: 1907
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Enumeration District Number: 0292
Family Number: 224
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 65
NARA Publication: T626, roll 966
Film Number: 2340701
Digital Folder Number: 4607702
Image Number: 00769
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Hormisdas Remy M 66 Canada
Daughter Josephine Remy F 39 Canada
Daughter Leda Remy F 38 Canada
Son Leonard Remy M 30 Canada
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1932
Name: Hormisdas Remy
Event Type: Cemetery
Event Date: 12 Jan 1932
Event Place: Webster, Massachusetts
Affiliate Publication Title: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941
Affiliate Publication Number: M1916
Affiliate Film Number: 98
GS Film number: 1878247
Digital Folder Number: 4832265
Image Number: 02434

'United States, Applications for Headstones for Military Veterans, 1925-1941,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VHZ6-B6C : accessed 01 Apr 2013), Hormisdas Remy, 1932.
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