Adelaide GAUDREAU

(b. abt. 1826 , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 May 1909 , Laterrière, Québec, Canada )

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Adelaide GAUDREAU was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada

Adelaide GAUDREAU was the child of Augustin GAUDREAU and Marie VILLENEUVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois GAUDREAU and Anne MCNICOLL (maternal) Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE

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

Adelaide married Georges MUNGER 15 September 1851 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georges MUNGER was born May 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Georges died 26 November 1903 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Georges was the child of Jean MUNGER and Scholastique MCNICOLL.

Adelaide GAUDREAU died 6 May 1909 in Laterrière, 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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Family and Children of Adelaide GAUDREAU

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Adelaide GAUDREAU married

Georges MUNGER-- Date: 15 September 1851 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Georges MUNGER was the child of Jean MUNGER and Scholastique MCNICOLL

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Children of Georges MUNGER and Adelaide GAUDREAU:

Marie MUNGER (b.31 January 1858, Laterrière, Canada East d. 28 November 1899, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Gregoire TREMBLAY 24 February 1879 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Claire Clarisse MUNGER (b.3 May 1863, Grand-Brûlé, Quebec, Canada d. 4 April 1941, Grand-Brûlé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Gregoire TREMBLAY 7 April 1900 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide GAUDREAU and Georges MUNGER 15 September 1851, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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 Birth of Child
Marie MUNGER was born 31 January 1858, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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

1863 Birth of Child
Claire Clarisse MUNGER was born 3 May 1863, Grand-Brûlé, Quebec, Canada

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)

1879 Marriage of Child
Marie MUNGER married 24 February 1879, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Gregoire TREMBLAY

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)

1899 Death of Child
Marie MUNGER died 28 November 1899, Alma, Québec, Canada (St-Joseph-d'Alma) (Riverbend)

1900 Marriage of Child
Claire Clarisse MUNGER married 7 April 1900, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Gregoire TREMBLAY

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)

1903 Death of Spouse/Partner
Georges MUNGER died 26 November 1903, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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)

1909 Death
6 May 1909
Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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