Michel Treffle FONTAINE

(b. 17 July 1840 , Chambly, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1890 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Michel Treffle FONTAINE was born 17 July 1840 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Michel Treffle FONTAINE was the child of ? and ?

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

Michel Treffle married Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE 8 February 1864 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE was born 11 March 1846 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie Malvina Melina died 4 January 1908 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

Michel Treffle FONTAINE died 8 December 1890 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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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 Michel Treffle FONTAINE

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Michel Treffle FONTAINE married

Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE-- Date: 8 February 1864 Place: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East

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Children of Michel Treffle FONTAINE and Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE:

Joseph Noel FONTAINE (b.25 December 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East d. abt. 1943, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Meleda BELLIVEAU 2 June 1895 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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1840 Birth
17 July 1840
Chambly, Lower 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage / Partner
Michel Treffle FONTAINE and Marie Malvina Melina BRUNELLE 8 February 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

He was 23 years old.

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph Noel FONTAINE was born 25 December 1864, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station)

Michel Treffle was 24 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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.

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)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)