Hilaire GRAVEL

(b. 15 June 1865 , Saint-Victor, Beauce, Canada East d. 15 January 1918 , Magog, Québec, Canada )

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Hilaire GRAVEL was born 15 June 1865 in Saint-Victor, Beauce, Canada East

Hilaire GRAVEL was the child of Hilaire GRAVEL and Marie Louise BRETON

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

Hilaire married Marie Hermine MARTEL 17 September 1888 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Hermine MARTEL was born 29 March 1861 in Saint-Flavien, Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada. Marie Hermine died 31 March 1911 in Magog, Québec, Canada. Marie Hermine was the child of Jean-Isaie MARTEL and Esther LABRECQUE.

Hilaire GRAVEL died 15 January 1918 in Magog, 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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Hilaire GRAVEL married

Marie Hermine MARTEL-- Date: 17 September 1888 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA
Marie Hermine MARTEL was the child of Jean-Isaie MARTEL and Esther LABRECQUE

Children of Hilaire GRAVEL and Marie Hermine MARTEL:

Joseph Raoul Donat GRAVEL (b.7 June 1901, Magog, Québec, Canada d. April 1965, , New Jersey, USA)
m. Edith SHAW 1921 in Magog, Québec, Canada

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1865 Birth
15 June 1865
Saint-Victor, Beauce, Canada East

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.

1888 Marriage / Partner
Hilaire GRAVEL and Marie Hermine MARTEL 17 September 1888, Lewiston, Maine, USA

He was 23 years old.

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)

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

1901 Birth of Child
Joseph Raoul Donat GRAVEL was born 7 June 1901, Magog, Québec, Canada

Hilaire was 36 years old.

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