Joseph GOSSELIN

(b. 7 April 1861 , Matane, Canada East d. 24 March 1940 , St Ulric, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph GOSSELIN was born 7 April 1861 in Matane, Canada East

Joseph GOSSELIN was the child of Vilbon (Vildebon) GOSSELIN and Marcelline ROSS

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

Joseph married Celine FORTIN 27 November 1883 in St-Benoit-Labre, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celine FORTIN was born 15 August 1862 in St Pierre Du Lac and Sayabec, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Celine died 26 March 1928 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Celine was the child of Hilaire FORTIN and Marguerite JEAN.

Joseph GOSSELIN died 24 March 1940 in St Ulric, Rimouski, Quebec, 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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Celine FORTIN-- Date: 27 November 1883 Place: St-Benoit-Labre, Quebec, Canada
Celine FORTIN was the child of Hilaire FORTIN and Marguerite JEAN

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Children of Joseph GOSSELIN and Celine FORTIN:

Bruno GOSSELIN (b.6 October 1897, Val-Brillant, Québec, Canada d. 22 October 1958, Baie, St-Paul-du-Nord, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie Leonie DRISDELLE 12 October 1925 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)

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1861 Birth
7 April 1861
Matane, Canada East

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)

1883 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GOSSELIN and Celine FORTIN 27 November 1883, St-Benoit-Labre, Quebec, Canada

He was 22 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 - 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)

1897 Birth of Child
Bruno GOSSELIN was born 6 October 1897, Val-Brillant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 36 years old.

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))

1925 Marriage of Child
Bruno GOSSELIN married 12 October 1925, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia) to Marie Leonie DRISDELLE

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada