Elizabeth LANGDON

(b. abt. 1849 , Lafontaine, Canada West d. abt. 1926 , Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada )

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Elizabeth LANGDON was born abt. 1849 in Lafontaine, Canada West

Elizabeth LANGDON was the child of William LANGDON and Odile (Adelaide) ANGERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste ANGERS and Marthe BOURGEOIS

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Elizabeth married Adolphe DESROCHES 31 July 1865 in Lafontaine, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adolphe DESROCHES was born 18 August 1841 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Adolphe died 1 September 1907 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York).

Elizabeth LANGDON died abt. 1926 in Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada.
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Elizabeth LANGDON married

Adolphe DESROCHES-- Date: 31 July 1865 Place: Lafontaine, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Children of Adolphe DESROCHES and Elizabeth LANGDON:

Joseph DESROCHES (b.abt. 1871, Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada d. 22 January 1954, Perkinsfield, Ontario, Canada)
m. Delia GRENIER 13 October 1895

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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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth LANGDON and Adolphe DESROCHES 31 July 1865, Lafontaine, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

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 - 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)