Leon DESMARAIS

(b. 10 August 1871 , St Albans, Vermont, USA d. 20 October 1918 , Nashua, New Hampshire, USA )
Cause of Death: Spanish influenza

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Leon DESMARAIS was born 10 August 1871 in St Albans, Vermont, USA

Leon DESMARAIS was the child of ? and ?

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Leon married Delia GARNEAU (GRENON) 27 January 1897 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delia GARNEAU (GRENON) was born abt. 1869 Delia died 3 May 1927 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable).

Leon DESMARAIS died 20 October 1918 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA .
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Delia GARNEAU (GRENON)-- Date: 27 January 1897 Place: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Children of Leon DESMARAIS and Delia GARNEAU (GRENON):

Thérèse Olivine DESMARAIS (b.12 January 1910, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA d. 17 April 1986, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Eude Peter CHAUVIN 30 May 1936 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

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1871 Birth
10 August 1871
St Albans, Vermont, USA

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Marriage / Partner
Leon DESMARAIS and Delia GARNEAU (GRENON) 27 January 1897, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

He was 25 years old.

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

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)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Birth of Child
Thérèse Olivine DESMARAIS was born 12 January 1910, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

Leon was 38 years old.

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)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany