Charles BELANGER

(b. abt. 1836 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 January 1929 , St-Désiré Black Lake, Canada )

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Charles BELANGER was born abt. 1836 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles BELANGER was the child of François-Xavier BELANGER and Madeleine GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BELANGER and Marguerite ROY (maternal) Ignace GAGNON and Reine LAVOIE

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

Charles married Marie Brigitte RUEL 7 February 1865 in Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Brigitte RUEL was born 18 September 1844 in Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Marie Brigitte was the child of Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND.

Charles BELANGER died 26 January 1929 in St-Désiré Black Lake, 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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Charles BELANGER married

Marie Brigitte RUEL-- Date: 7 February 1865 Place: Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Marie Brigitte RUEL was the child of Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND

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Children of Charles BELANGER and Marie Brigitte RUEL:

Ferdinand BELANGER (b.17 February 1874, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada d. 23 June 1943, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Virginie POISSON 10 April 1899 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Charles BELANGER and Marie Brigitte RUEL 7 February 1865, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

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

1874 Birth of Child
Ferdinand BELANGER was born 17 February 1874, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, 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)

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)

1899 Marriage of Child
Ferdinand BELANGER married 10 April 1899, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Virginie POISSON

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)

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