Lea LAFOREST

(b. 15 April 1839 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 16 February 1914 , St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Quebec, Canada )

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Lea LAFOREST was born 15 April 1839 in Québec, Lower Canada

Lea LAFOREST was the child of ? and ?

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Lea married Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER 11 July 1860 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER was born 24 May 1827 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 6 April 1909 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Laurent was the child of François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Angelique ORION dite CHAMPAGNE.

Lea LAFOREST died 16 February 1914 in St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Quebec, Canada.

daughter of Joseph LaForest and Charlotte Dupuis dite Destour

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Lea LAFOREST married

Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER-- Date: 11 July 1860 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER was the child of François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Angelique ORION dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER and Lea LAFOREST:

Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE (b.20 July 1863, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 13 March 1949, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Hormisdas COURCHESNE 29 September 1884 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1839 Birth
15 April 1839
Québec, Lower Canada

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.

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Lea LAFOREST and Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER 11 July 1860, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE was born 20 July 1863, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Lea was 24 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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Marriage of Child
Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE married 29 September 1884, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Hormisdas COURCHESNE

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)