Theodora MARTEL

(b. 21 July 1849 , Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 5 April 1937 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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Theodora MARTEL was born 21 July 1849 in Les Éboulements, Canada East

Theodora MARTEL was the child of Pierre MARTEL and Flavie BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne MARTEL and Elisabeth GONTHIER (maternal) Alexandre BOUCHARD and Marie TREMBLAY

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

Theodora married Joseph TREMBLAY 8 April 1872 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1847 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Joseph died 11 November 1907 in Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend). Joseph was the child of Prudent TREMBLAY and Olive SIMARD.

Theodora MARTEL died 5 April 1937 in Alma, 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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Theodora MARTEL married

Joseph TREMBLAY-- Date: 8 April 1872 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Prudent TREMBLAY and Olive SIMARD

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Theodora MARTEL:

Marie TREMBLAY (b.16 May 1877, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Hector TREMBLAY (b.26 October 1886, Alma, Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1935, Alma, Québec, Canada )

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1849 Birth
21 July 1849
Les Éboulements, 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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Theodora MARTEL and Joseph TREMBLAY 8 April 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

She was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 May 1877, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Theodora 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)

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)

1886 Birth of Child
Hector TREMBLAY was born 26 October 1886, Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend)

Theodora was 37 years old.

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)

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)