Napoleon VIGNEAULT

(b. 19 March 1851 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East d. abt. 1928 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Napoleon VIGNEAULT was born 19 March 1851 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Napoleon VIGNEAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste VIGNEAULT and Julie LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph VIGNEAULT and Marguerite BELIVEAU (maternal) Joseph LANDRY and Marie-Rose THIBAULT

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

Napoleon married Rose-Delima NOURRY 28 February 1881 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Rose-Delima NOURRY was born abt. 1860 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Rose-Delima was the child of Joseph NOURRY (NOURI) and Alice BOURQUE.

Napoleon VIGNEAULT died abt. 1928 in Nicolet, 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
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Napoleon VIGNEAULT married

Rose-Delima NOURRY-- Date: 28 February 1881 Place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
Rose-Delima NOURRY was the child of Joseph NOURRY (NOURI) and Alice BOURQUE

daughter of Joseph Nourry and Alice Bourque

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Children of Napoleon VIGNEAULT and Rose-Delima NOURRY:

Joseph Philippe VIGNEAULT (b.16 December 1881 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1973, Madison, Maine, USA)
m. Adele Odelie PARE (PERRY) 7 February 1910 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Ovila VIGNEAULT (b.19 May 1883, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Florida VIGNEAULT (b.28 March 1885, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Almira VIGNEAULT (b.30 October 1886, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Stella VIGNEAULT (b.16 March 1888, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Albertine-Eva VIGNEAULT (b.21 June 1889, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Juliette VIGNEAULT (b.25 August 1893, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Flore VIGNEAULT (b.27 January 1895, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Luc VIGNEAULT (b.17 February 1899, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1851 Birth
19 March 1851
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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)

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)

1881 Marriage / Partner
Napoleon VIGNEAULT and Rose-Delima NOURRY 28 February 1881, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1881 Birth of Child
Joseph Philippe VIGNEAULT was born 16 December 1881 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 30 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Ovila VIGNEAULT was born 19 May 1883, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Napoleon was 32 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Birth of Child
Florida VIGNEAULT was born 28 March 1885, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 34 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Birth of Child
Marie-Almira VIGNEAULT was born 30 October 1886, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 35 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Birth of Child
Marie-Stella VIGNEAULT was born 16 March 1888, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 37 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Birth of Child
Marie-Albertine-Eva VIGNEAULT was born 21 June 1889, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 38 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

1893 Birth of Child
Juliette VIGNEAULT was born 25 August 1893, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 42 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Birth of Child
Marie-Flore VIGNEAULT was born 27 January 1895, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 43 years old.

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)

1899 Birth of Child
Joseph-Luc VIGNEAULT was born 17 February 1899, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Napoleon was 47 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)

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

1910 Marriage of Child
Joseph Philippe VIGNEAULT married 7 February 1910, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA to Adele Odelie PARE (PERRY)

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