Octave GIROUX

(b. 16 November 1858 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East d. 23 December 1941 , St-Arsène, Montréal, Quebec, Canada )

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Octave GIROUX was born 16 November 1858 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East

Octave GIROUX was the child of Octave GIROUX and Philomene DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GIROUX and Marguerite MONDERIE (MONDARY) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Marguerite GEMME (JAMMES) dite CARRIERE

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

Octave married Celina PARADIS 19 November 1877 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celina PARADIS was born 14 November 1858 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Celina died 10 January 1951 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Celina was the child of Julien PARADIS and Esther LASSELLE.

Octave GIROUX died 23 December 1941 in St-Arsène, Montréal, 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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Octave GIROUX married

Celina PARADIS-- Date: 19 November 1877 Place: Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada
Celina PARADIS was the child of Julien PARADIS and Esther LASSELLE

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Children of Octave GIROUX and Celina PARADIS:

Aldage GIROUX (b.25 March 1887, Plantagenet, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada d. 26 March 1958, )
m. Elizabeth Pearl BEACH 25 June 1917

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1858 Birth
16 November 1858
Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, 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 Marriage / Partner
Octave GIROUX and Celina PARADIS 19 November 1877, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Aldage GIROUX was born 25 March 1887, Plantagenet, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

Octave was 28 years old.

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)

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))

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

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada