Celestine BISSONNETTE

(b. 13 March 1850 , Québec, Canada East d. abt. 1939 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Celestine BISSONNETTE was born 13 March 1850 in Québec, Canada East

Celestine BISSONNETTE was the child of Olivier BISSONNETTE and Angelique VERONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BISSONNETTE and Angelique SAUVÉ (maternal) Jean-Baptiste VERONNEAU dit DENIS and Catherine LALONDE

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

Celestine married Joseph-Moise LEROUX 22 May 1871 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Moise LEROUX was born 30 May 1848 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac). Joseph-Moise died abt. 1923 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Moise was the child of Moise LEROUX and Angelique LALONDE.

Celestine BISSONNETTE died abt. 1939 in Québec Province, 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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Celestine BISSONNETTE married

Joseph-Moise LEROUX-- Date: 22 May 1871 Place: Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada
Joseph-Moise LEROUX was the child of Moise LEROUX and Angelique LALONDE

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Children of Joseph-Moise LEROUX and Celestine BISSONNETTE:

Olive LEROUX (b.7 November 1873, Soulanges, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada d. 11 July 1951, St-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada)
m. Georges-Nelson BISHOP 11 September 1893 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1850 Birth
13 March 1850
Québec, 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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Celestine BISSONNETTE and Joseph-Moise LEROUX 22 May 1871, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 21 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1873 Birth of Child
Olive LEROUX was born 7 November 1873, Soulanges, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

Celestine was 23 years old.

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

1893 Marriage of Child
Olive LEROUX married 11 September 1893, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Georges-Nelson BISHOP

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)

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