Pierre FOSTER

(b. 1 June 1861 , Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 August 1917 , Scoudouc, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Pierre FOSTER was born 1 June 1861 in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre FOSTER was the child of David FOSTER and Scholastique CORMIER

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Pierre married Madeleine MELANSON 25 August 1902 in Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine MELANSON was born 11 September 1869 in Scoudouc, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Madeleine died 20 November 1945 in Scoudouc, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Laurent MELANSON and Pelagie LEGER.

Pierre FOSTER died 2 August 1917 in Scoudouc, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Pierre FOSTER married

Madeleine MELANSON-- Date: 25 August 1902 Place: Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Madeleine MELANSON was the child of Laurent MELANSON and Pelagie LEGER

Children of Pierre FOSTER and Madeleine MELANSON:

Marie Edmee FOSTER (b.23 December 1905, Scoudouc, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 19 February 1983, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada )

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1861 Birth
1 June 1861
Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre FOSTER and Madeleine MELANSON 25 August 1902, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 41 years old.

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)

1905 Birth of Child
Marie Edmee FOSTER was born 23 December 1905, Scoudouc, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre was 44 years old.

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)