Agnan (Ignace) MARCHESSAULT

(b. 18 November 1842 , L'Acadie, Canada East d. 19 August 1915 , West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA )

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Agnan (Ignace) MARCHESSAULT was born 18 November 1842 in L'Acadie, Canada East

Agnan (Ignace) MARCHESSAULT was the child of Théophile MARCHESSAULT (MARCHESSEAU) and Flavie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT and Marie-Louise ROY (maternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Agathe DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)

Agnan (Ignace) MARCHESSAULT died 19 August 1915 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA .

Married 23 November 1868, St-Valentin, Quebec, to Marie Trudeau

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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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1842 Birth
18 November 1842
L'Acadie, 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)

1851
Living in St Valentin, Huntingdon County, Quebec: Theophile Marchessault, age 56, birthplace L'Beadie, abt. 1796; wife, Flavie Tremblay, age 46, birthplace St. Phillipe; Paul, age 18; Souphine?, age 16; Edward, age 14; Doutilde?, age 12; Aquorte? (male), age 9; Marie, age 7; Laurent, age 5
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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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)

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.

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)