Octavie FORAND

(b. 8 February 1839 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. abt. 1933 , Gardner, Massachusetts, USA )

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Octavie FORAND was born 8 February 1839 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Octavie FORAND was the child of Desire Jared FORAND and Octavie AUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FORAND and Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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

Octavie married Emilien PELLETIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilien PELLETIER was born 25 March 1842 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Emilien died 9 June 1928 in Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada. Emilien was the child of Elie PELLETIER and Flavie TROUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE.

Octavie FORAND died abt. 1933 in Gardner, Massachusetts, USA.
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Octavie FORAND married

Emilien PELLETIER-- Place:
Emilien PELLETIER was the child of Elie PELLETIER and Flavie TROUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE

Children of Emilien PELLETIER and Octavie FORAND:

Herménie PELLETIER (b.18 June 1872, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada d. 28 May 1934, St-Eugène-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada)
m. Jules GARRÉ

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1839 Birth
8 February 1839
Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Birth of Child
Herménie PELLETIER was born 18 June 1872, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Octavie was 33 years old.

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.

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)

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

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)

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)