Joseph Urban COMEAU

(b. abt. 1849 , Comeauville, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 June 1930 , Concession, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Joseph Urban COMEAU was born abt. 1849 in Comeauville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph Urban COMEAU was the child of Urbain Fulgence COMEAU and Catherine Chantal SAULNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph Mathurin Dit Mazara COMEAU and Helene COMEAU (maternal) Cajetan SAULNIER and Gertrude BASTARACHE

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Joseph Urban married Alma Rose COMEAU . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alma Rose COMEAU was born 18 January 1866 in Digby Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alma Rose died 8 May 1954 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village). Alma Rose was the child of Jean Chrysostome COMEAU and Elisabeth BELLIVEAU.

Joseph Urban COMEAU died 19 June 1930 in Concession, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Joseph Urban COMEAU married

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Alma Rose COMEAU was the child of Jean Chrysostome COMEAU and Elisabeth BELLIVEAU

Children of Joseph Urban COMEAU and Alma Rose COMEAU:

Eugenie COMEAU (b.25 November 1883, Meteghan River, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 8 October 1932, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Joseph Ulderic ST-ONGE 18 June 1907 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village)

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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)

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 Birth of Child
Eugenie COMEAU was born 25 November 1883, Meteghan River, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)