Joseph RIVARD

(b. 24 September 1858 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 April 1919 , Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph RIVARD was born 24 September 1858 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph RIVARD was the child of Jean Laurent RIVARD and Marie-Charlotte LAVOIE

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

Joseph married Philomene-Marie OUELLETTE abt. 1886 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene-Marie OUELLETTE was born 18 December 1866 in Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada. Philomene-Marie died 8 July 1955 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada (Colebrooke). Philomene-Marie was the child of Joseph-Celestin-Pierre OUELLET and Severine ST PIERRE.

Joseph RIVARD died 25 April 1919 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Joseph RIVARD married

Philomene-Marie OUELLETTE-- Date: abt. 1886 Place:
Philomene-Marie OUELLETTE was the child of Joseph-Celestin-Pierre OUELLET and Severine ST PIERRE

Children of Joseph RIVARD and Philomene-Marie OUELLETTE:

Denise Marie RIVARD (b.5 August 1886, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 May 1977, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. William Gabriel POITRAS 25 June 1907 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada (Colebrooke)

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1858 Birth
24 September 1858
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

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
Denise Marie RIVARD was born 5 August 1886, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada (Colebrooke)

Joseph was 27 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)