Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS

(b. 18 April 1842 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East d. 14 August 1907 , Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA )

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Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS was born 18 April 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS was the child of Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS and Julia (Julie) GAMELIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis-Joseph GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX and Thérèse COTE

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

Dometil Sophia "Matilda" married John Adrianus VAN LAANEN abt. 1861 in Wisconsin, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Adrianus VAN LAANEN was born 26 July 1836 in Boekel, North Brabant, Netherlands. John Adrianus died 26 February 1912 in Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA.

Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS died 14 August 1907 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 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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Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS married

John Adrianus VAN LAANEN-- Date: abt. 1861 Place: , Wisconsin, USA

Children of John Adrianus VAN LAANEN and Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS:

Julia Johanna VERBETEN (b.29 July 1862, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 13 June 1946, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA)
m. John Adrian VAN LANEN 1885

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1842 Birth
18 April 1842
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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

1862 Birth of Child
Julia Johanna VERBETEN was born 29 July 1862, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

Dometil Sophia "Matilda" was 20 years old.

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)

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

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)

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.