Joseph-Guillaume DURAND

(b. 29 June 1857 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East d. 20 June 1926 , Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Guillaume DURAND was born 29 June 1857 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

Joseph-Guillaume DURAND was the child of Paul DURAND and Georgiana STANDFIELD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Ambroise DURAND and Ursule BRISSETTE

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

Joseph-Guillaume married Zenobie LIPPE 26 November 1904 in Joliette, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Zenobie LIPPE was born 10 June 1866 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Zenobie died 17 November 1951 in Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham). Zenobie was the child of Louis LIPPE and Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Joseph-Guillaume DURAND died 20 June 1926 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, 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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Joseph-Guillaume DURAND married

Zenobie LIPPE-- Date: 26 November 1904 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada
Zenobie LIPPE was the child of Louis LIPPE and Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Children of Joseph-Guillaume DURAND and Zenobie LIPPE:

Azellus DURAND (b.10 September 1905, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 12 January 1976, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Therese DURAND (b.5 June 1907, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 9 June 1991, Farnham, Québec, Canada )

Lippe DURAND (b.30 June 1909, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada d. 30 November 1981, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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1857 Birth
29 June 1857
Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

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)

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)

1904 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Guillaume DURAND and Zenobie LIPPE 26 November 1904, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 47 years old.

1905 Birth of Child
Azellus DURAND was born 10 September 1905, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Guillaume was 48 years old.

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)

1907 Birth of Child
Therese DURAND was born 5 June 1907, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Guillaume was 49 years old.

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 Birth of Child
Lippe DURAND was born 30 June 1909, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Guillaume was 52 years old.

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))