Julien PARADIS

(b. 25 June 1821 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1907 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada )

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Julien PARADIS was born 25 June 1821 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Julien PARADIS was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise LASSELLE

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

Julien married Esther LASSELLE 21 October 1844 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther LASSELLE was born 28 August 1820 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Esther died 1 March 1890 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Esther was the child of Alexis LACELLE and Angelique LANTHIER.

Julien PARADIS died 22 November 1907 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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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Julien PARADIS married

Esther LASSELLE-- Date: 21 October 1844 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Canada East
Esther LASSELLE was the child of Alexis LACELLE and Angelique LANTHIER

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Children of Julien PARADIS and Esther LASSELLE:

Celina PARADIS (b.14 November 1858, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East d. 10 January 1951, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Octave GIROUX 19 November 1877 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1821 Birth
25 June 1821
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Julien PARADIS and Esther LASSELLE 21 October 1844, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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)

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

1858 Birth of Child
Celina PARADIS was born 14 November 1858, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Julien was 37 years old.

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 of Child
Celina PARADIS married 19 November 1877, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada to Octave GIROUX

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)

1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Esther LASSELLE died 1 March 1890, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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 Death
22 November 1907
Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 86.

Added: 10/25/2021 12:08:16 PM - Updated: 10/28/2021 1:11:28 PM