Marie Celina LAURENT

(b. 15 January 1831 , Montréal, Lower Canada d. 4 March 1929 , Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA )

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Marie Celina LAURENT was born 15 January 1831 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Marie Celina LAURENT was the child of ? and ?

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

Marie Celina married Marcel BENOIT abt. 1853 . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marcel BENOIT was born 15 May 1831 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marcel died 8 June 1899 in Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours).

Marie Celina LAURENT died 4 March 1929 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 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.

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Marie Celina LAURENT married

Marcel BENOIT-- Date: abt. 1853 Place:

Children of Marcel BENOIT and Marie Celina LAURENT:

Joseph BENOIT (b.July 1853, Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 November 1901, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Marcel Joseph BENOIT (b.7 March 1856, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. 1 April 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Clarice (Clarisse) Julie (Clara) BOUCHER 2 August 1876 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie BENOIT (b.28 March 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Pierre BENOIT (b.abt. 1863, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East d. , )

Lucie BENOIT (b.14 January 1865, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. , )

Aime BENOIT (b.15 April 1867, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. 13 August 1919, Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

Catherine-Celina BENOIT (b.10 February 1870, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1831 Birth
15 January 1831
Montréal, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1853 Birth of Child
Joseph BENOIT was born July 1853, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Marie Celina was 22 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marcel Joseph BENOIT was born 7 March 1856, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marie Celina was 25 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marie BENOIT was born 28 March 1859, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marie Celina was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Lucie BENOIT was born 14 January 1865, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marie Celina was 34 years old.

1867 Birth of Child
Aime BENOIT was born 15 April 1867, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marie Celina was 36 years old.

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

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

1870 Birth of Child
Catherine-Celina BENOIT was born 10 February 1870, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marie Celina was 39 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Marcel Joseph BENOIT married 2 August 1876, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Clarice (Clarisse) Julie (Clara) BOUCHER

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)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1899 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marcel BENOIT died 8 June 1899, Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Death of Child
Joseph BENOIT died 18 November 1901, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie Celina was 70 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)

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)

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)

1919 Death of Child
Aime BENOIT died 13 August 1919, Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours)

Marie Celina was 88 years old.

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 Death of Child
Marcel Joseph BENOIT died 1 April 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie Celina was 95 years old.

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 Death
4 March 1929
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

She died at the age of 98.