Louis GENDREAU

(b. 11 January 1853 , Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 13 March 1935 , St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada )

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Louis GENDREAU was born 11 January 1853 in Saint-Pie, Canada East

Louis GENDREAU was the child of Godefroy GENDREAU and Eleonore DENONVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent GENDREAU and Marie Louise ALLARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE and Opportune GUY

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

Louis married Marguerite CAHILL 28 July 1880 in St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CAHILL was born 2 February 1858 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 6 January 1942 in St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Michael CAHILL and Margaret SCULLY.

Louis GENDREAU died 13 March 1935 in St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Louis GENDREAU was a Ingénieur.

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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Family and Children of Louis GENDREAU

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Louis GENDREAU married

Marguerite CAHILL-- Date: 28 July 1880 Place: St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite CAHILL was the child of Michael CAHILL and Margaret SCULLY

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Children of Louis GENDREAU and Marguerite CAHILL:

Marie Marguerite Eleonore GENDREAU (b.12 November 1882, St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada d. 1 January 1914, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Francois Xavier Marie "De-Lourdes" LIPPE 24 September 1907

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1853 Birth
11 January 1853
Saint-Pie, Canada East

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

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)

1880 Marriage / Partner
Louis GENDREAU and Marguerite CAHILL 28 July 1880, St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Marie Marguerite Eleonore GENDREAU was born 12 November 1882, St-Georges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Louis was 29 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)

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)