Éléa LACHANCE

(b. 28 May 1851 , Plessisville, Canada East d. 28 April 1937 , Saint-Fortunat, Canada )

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Éléa LACHANCE was born 28 May 1851 in Plessisville, Canada East

Éléa LACHANCE was the child of Elie PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Rose-De-Lima RAICHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Charlotte LESCADRE (maternal) Amable RAICHE and Adelaide JUTRAS

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

Éléa married Joseph POISSON 19 July 1875 in Plessisville, Saint-Calixte, Mégantic, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph POISSON was born 6 March 1836 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Joseph died 26 September 1910 in Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre POISSON and Julie BILLY.

Éléa LACHANCE died 28 April 1937 in Saint-Fortunat, 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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Family and Children of Éléa LACHANCE

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Éléa LACHANCE married

Joseph POISSON-- Date: 19 July 1875 Place: Plessisville, Saint-Calixte, Mégantic, Québec, Canada
Joseph POISSON was the child of Pierre POISSON and Julie BILLY

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Children of Joseph POISSON and Éléa LACHANCE:

Marie-Virginie POISSON (b.25 September 1877, Plessisville, Québec, Canada d. 17 November 1956, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )
m. Ferdinand BELANGER 10 April 1899 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1851 Birth
28 May 1851
Plessisville, Canada East

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)

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

1875 Marriage / Partner
Éléa LACHANCE and Joseph POISSON 19 July 1875, Plessisville, Saint-Calixte, Mégantic, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginie POISSON was born 25 September 1877, Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset)

Éléa was 26 years old.

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

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