Remi CHOQUETTE

(b. 11 October 1856 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East d. 24 February 1936 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Remi CHOQUETTE was born 11 October 1856 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East

Remi CHOQUETTE was the child of ? and ?

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Remi married Marie-Anne PLOUFFE 25 September 1877 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PLOUFFE was born 21 December 1854 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie-Anne died 30 October 1926

Remi CHOQUETTE died 24 February 1936 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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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Remi CHOQUETTE married

Marie-Anne PLOUFFE-- Date: 25 September 1877 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

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Children of Remi CHOQUETTE and Marie-Anne PLOUFFE:

Lydia-Helena CHOQUETTE (b.26 December 1886, Iberville, Québec, Canada d. November 1918, Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, Canada)
m. Polydore BENJAMIN 14 January 1908 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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1856 Birth
11 October 1856
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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 Marriage / Partner
Remi CHOQUETTE and Marie-Anne PLOUFFE 25 September 1877, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 20 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)

1886 Birth of Child
Lydia-Helena CHOQUETTE was born 26 December 1886, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Remi was 30 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)

1908 Marriage of Child
Lydia-Helena CHOQUETTE married 14 January 1908, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Polydore BENJAMIN

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)