François-Xavier BAILLARGEON

(b. 3 February 1840 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 28 February 1917 , Stoke, Val-Saint-Francois, Québec, Canada )

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François-Xavier BAILLARGEON was born 3 February 1840 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

François-Xavier BAILLARGEON was the child of François-Xavier BAILLARGEON and Angélique LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BAILLARGEON and Marie-Elisabeth CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE and Francoise DUGUAY

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François-Xavier married Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT 27 January 1868 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT was born 23 March 1849 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Marie-Rose-De-Lima died 22 April 1911 in Stoke, Val-Saint-Francois, Québec, Canada. Marie-Rose-De-Lima was the child of Felix DUFAULT and Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER.

François-Xavier BAILLARGEON died 28 February 1917 in Stoke, Val-Saint-Francois, Québec, 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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François-Xavier BAILLARGEON married

Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT-- Date: 27 January 1868 Place: Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT was the child of Felix DUFAULT and Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER

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Children of François-Xavier BAILLARGEON and Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT:

Louise Victoria Délia BAILLARGEON (b.1 April 1872, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. , )
m. Adélard BÉGIN 1 February 1892 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Wilfrid BAILLARGEON (b.9 November 1882, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 May 1978, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)

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1840 Birth
3 February 1840
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier BAILLARGEON and Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT 27 January 1868, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Louise Victoria Délia BAILLARGEON was born 1 April 1872, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

François-Xavier was 32 years old.

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)

1882 Birth of Child
Wilfrid BAILLARGEON was born 9 November 1882, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

François-Xavier was 42 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Louise Victoria Délia BAILLARGEON married 1 February 1892, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA to Adélard BÉGIN

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)

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