Leon-Jean GAUVIN

(b. 20 May 1841 , La Présentation, Canada East d. 22 February 1916 , Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada )

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Leon-Jean GAUVIN was born 20 May 1841 in La Présentation, Canada East

Leon-Jean GAUVIN was the child of Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN and Julie MAHEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUVIN and Marie-Madeleine OUVRARD (maternal) Louis MAHEU and Marie-Louise BRIERE

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

Leon-Jean married Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN 17 November 1862 in Roxton Falls, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN was born 30 July 1843 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Vitaline-Florentine died 19 March 1866 in Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton). Marie-Vitaline-Florentine was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS.

Leon-Jean GAUVIN died 22 February 1916 in Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada .

m. (2) Mederise Miclette
28 October 1867
Roxton Falls, Quebec

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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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Leon-Jean GAUVIN married

Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN-- Date: 17 November 1862 Place: Roxton Falls, Canada East

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Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS

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Children of Leon-Jean GAUVIN and Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN:

Leon GAUVIN (b.9 November 1863, Roxton Falls, Canada East d. 28 May 1864, Roxton Falls, Canada East )

Marie-Alida GAUVIN (b.13 June 1865, Roxton Falls, Canada East d. 31 December 1865, Roxton Falls, Canada East )

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1841 Birth
20 May 1841
La Présentation, Canada East

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.

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Leon-Jean GAUVIN and Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN 17 November 1862, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

He was 21 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Leon GAUVIN was born 9 November 1863, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Leon-Jean was 22 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Leon GAUVIN died 28 May 1864, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Leon-Jean was 23 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Alida GAUVIN was born 13 June 1865, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

Leon-Jean was 24 years old.

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN died 19 March 1866, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

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)

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)

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)

1916 Death
22 February 1916
Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 74.

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