Jean-Baptiste DELISLE

(b. 13 June 1829 , Montréal, Lower Canada d. 9 November 1915 , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DELISLE was born 13 June 1829 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste DELISLE was the child of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE and Catherine PHILIPS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DELISLE and Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS (maternal) Michael PHILLIPS and Catherine DUBOIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Aurelie RICHARD 21 October 1850 in Windsor, Essex, Canada West . Marie-Aurelie RICHARD was born 19 August 1828 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Aurelie died 27 June 1896 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville). Marie-Aurelie was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Desanges-Archange BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT).

Jean-Baptiste DELISLE died 9 November 1915 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, 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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Marie-Aurelie RICHARD-- Date: 21 October 1850 Place: Windsor, Essex, Canada West
Marie-Aurelie RICHARD was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Desanges-Archange BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT)

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1829 Birth
13 June 1829
Montréal, Lower Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DELISLE and Marie-Aurelie RICHARD 21 October 1850, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

He was 21 years old.

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Aurelie RICHARD died 27 June 1896, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

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)

1915 Death
9 November 1915
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

He died at the age of 86.

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