Charles MCMURRAY

(b. 1 June 1855 , St-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 11 June 1917 , Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada )

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Charles MCMURRAY was born 1 June 1855 in St-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East

Charles MCMURRAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY and Marie-Helene HENRICHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY and Françoise SIMARD (maternal) Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY and Marie CYR

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

Charles married Amanda LACOURSIERE 15 October 1878 in St-Alexis-des-Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amanda LACOURSIERE was born 10 October 1862 in St-Paulin de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Amanda died April 1947 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada. Amanda was the child of Claude LACOURSIERE and Agathe BELANGER.

Charles MCMURRAY died 11 June 1917 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Charles MCMURRAY

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Charles MCMURRAY married

Amanda LACOURSIERE-- Date: 15 October 1878 Place: St-Alexis-des-Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

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Amanda LACOURSIERE was the child of Claude LACOURSIERE and Agathe BELANGER

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Children of Charles MCMURRAY and Amanda LACOURSIERE:

Marie Rose MCMURRAY (b.abt. 1888, , United States d. abt. 1972, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada)
m. Georges LEVAC 18 July 1910

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1855 Birth
1 June 1855
St-Félix-de-Valois, 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 Marriage / Partner
Charles MCMURRAY and Amanda LACOURSIERE 15 October 1878, St-Alexis-des-Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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)