Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)

(b. 27 March 1835 , Iberville, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1929 , Lamoureux, Alberta, Canada )

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Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) was born 27 March 1835 in Iberville, Lower Canada

Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) was the child of Albert PROVOST and Marie-Flavie DEROME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Toussaint-Albert PROVOST (PREVOST) and Angelique-Louise-Marie MONIER (maternal) Joseph DEROME and Marie-Agathe ROY

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

Marie married Joseph LAMOUREUX 18 September 1855 in St. Jean, Iberville, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LAMOUREUX was born 9 February 1838 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Joseph died 13 December 1907 in Lamoureux, Alberta, Canada. Joseph was the child of Francois LAMOUREUX and Marguerite THERRIEN.

Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) died 12 May 1929 in Lamoureux, Alberta, 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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Family and Children of Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)

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Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) married

Joseph LAMOUREUX-- Date: 18 September 1855 Place: St. Jean, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
Joseph LAMOUREUX was the child of Francois LAMOUREUX and Marguerite THERRIEN

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Children of Joseph LAMOUREUX and Marie PROVOST (PREVOST):

Zelia LAMOUREUX (b.2 August 1857, Kankankee, Illinois, USA d. 23 December 1898, Lamoureux, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada)
m. Theophile LAMOUREUX 16 August 1875 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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1835 Birth
27 March 1835
Iberville, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) and Joseph LAMOUREUX 18 September 1855, St. Jean, Iberville, Quebec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Zelia LAMOUREUX was born 2 August 1857, Kankankee, Illinois, USA

Marie was 22 years old.

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

1875 Marriage of Child
Zelia LAMOUREUX married 16 August 1875, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Theophile LAMOUREUX

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)

1898 Death of Child
Zelia LAMOUREUX died 23 December 1898, Lamoureux, Alberta, Canada

Marie was 63 years old.

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)

1907 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph LAMOUREUX died 13 December 1907, Lamoureux, Alberta, Canada

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

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))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada