Pierre GERVAIS

(b. 15 April 1834 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1897 , Massachusetts, USA )

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Pierre GERVAIS was born 15 April 1834 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre GERVAIS was the child of ? and ?

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Pierre married Philomene LECLERC . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene LECLERC was born 20 February 1845 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Philomene died 20 December 1898

Pierre GERVAIS died abt. 1897 in 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.

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Pierre GERVAIS married

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Children of Pierre GERVAIS and Philomene LECLERC:

Marie Florence "Florina" GERVAIS (b.9 May 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 March 1937, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Arthur Jules LEBOEUF 31 October 1904 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1834 Birth
15 April 1834
Québec Province, Canada

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

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.

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)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie Florence "Florina" GERVAIS was born 9 May 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Pierre was 45 years old.

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

Added: 3/14/2022 2:13:35 PM - Updated: 3/14/2022 2:13:35 PM