Elise POITRAS

(b. 28 July 1849 , Les Escoumins, Canada East d. 3 March 1937 , St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada )

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Elise POITRAS was born 28 July 1849 in Les Escoumins, Canada East

Elise POITRAS was the child of Christophe POITRAS and Marie-Barbe THERRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Christophe POITRAS and Mary HEWETT (HEWITT) (maternal) Joseph-Gervais THERRIEN and Marie GAGNE

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

Elise married Marc-Mars TREMBLAY 19 January 1866 in Les Escoumins, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marc-Mars TREMBLAY was born 5 March 1838 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marc-Mars was the child of Jerome TREMBLAY and Marie DUCHESNE.

Elise POITRAS died 3 March 1937 in St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, 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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Elise POITRAS married

Marc-Mars TREMBLAY-- Date: 19 January 1866 Place: Les Escoumins, Québec, Canada

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Marc-Mars TREMBLAY was the child of Jerome TREMBLAY and Marie DUCHESNE

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Children of Marc-Mars TREMBLAY and Elise POITRAS:

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.9 November 1866, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. , )

Marguerite TREMBLAY (b.15 June 1869, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. 10 February 1877, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada)

Alphonse TREMBLAY (b.5 October 1871, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1968, Les Escoumins, Quebec, Canada)

Ernestine TREMBLAY (b.31 May 1874, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. 10 July 1937, Lac-Hunqui, Matapedia, Quebec, Canada)

Meride TREMBLAY (b.2 November 1876, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. , )

Valerie TREMBLAY (b.10 August 1880, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. 22 September 1889, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada)

Laetitia TREMBLAY (b.28 June 1883, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada d. , )

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1849 Birth
28 July 1849
Les Escoumins, Canada East

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

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

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

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

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Elise POITRAS and Marc-Mars TREMBLAY 19 January 1866, Les Escoumins, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 9 November 1866, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 17 years old.

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.

1869 Birth of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 15 June 1869, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 19 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Alphonse TREMBLAY was born 5 October 1871, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Elise was 22 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Ernestine TREMBLAY was born 31 May 1874, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 24 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Meride TREMBLAY was born 2 November 1876, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 27 years old.

1877 Death of Child
Marguerite TREMBLAY died 10 February 1877, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 27 years old.

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)

1880 Birth of Child
Valerie TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1880, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 31 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Laetitia TREMBLAY was born 28 June 1883, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 33 years old.

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)

1889 Death of Child
Valerie TREMBLAY died 22 September 1889, St-Marcellin des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada

Elise was 40 years old.

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)

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

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada