Joseph MARTIN

(b. 1 December 1854 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 16 July 1936 , Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MARTIN was born 1 December 1854 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Joseph MARTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Aurelie GUERTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marguerite ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE (maternal) François GUERTIN and Marie-Charlotte-Catherine VANDANDAIGUE

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

Joseph married Amelie BRODEUR 11 February 1879 in Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada . Amelie BRODEUR was born abt. 1854 Amelie was the child of Charles-Hubert BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Esther VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS.

Joseph MARTIN died 16 July 1936 in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Joseph MARTIN married

Amelie BRODEUR-- Date: 11 February 1879 Place: Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Amelie BRODEUR was the child of Charles-Hubert BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Esther VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

Joseph married Amelie Brodeur 11 FEB 1879 in Roxton Falls (St-Jean-Baptiste), comté Shefford

He is the son of Jean Baptiste Martin (deceased) and Aurelie Guertin of this parish

She is the daughter of Herbert Brodeur and Esther Vandandaigue dit Gadbois of St Charles Riviere Chambly

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1854 Birth
1 December 1854
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

1854 Baptism
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire
Saint-Hyacinthe
1 Dec 1854

Joseph Martin, son of Jean Baptiste Martin and Aurelie Guertin
Godparents: Telise Roch and Elizabeth Guertin
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

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

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)

1879 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MARTIN and Amelie BRODEUR 11 February 1879, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1907 Marriage?
This is possibly him. It lists the residence of the groom as St-Hyacinthe.

Name: Joseph Martin
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Oct 1907
Event Place: , , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Father's Name: John B. Martin
Mother's Name: Roselie Guertin
Spouse's Name: Frances Pelletier
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 540118
Digital Folder Number: 004357271
Image Number: 02681

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XFD9-D9F : accessed 10 May 2013), John B. Martin in entry for Joseph Martin and Frances Pelletier, 1907.
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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)

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)