Anselme DOUCET

(b. 16 May 1781 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 25 September 1861 , )

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Anselme DOUCET was born 16 May 1781 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anselme DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Marguerite LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DOUCET and Marguerite PETITOT (maternal) Pierre LEBLANC and Marie Claire BENOIT

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

Anselme married Marguerite LEBLANC abt. 1801 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEBLANC was born abt. 1780 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died abt. 1829 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Anselme DOUCET died 25 September 1861
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Anselme DOUCET married

Marguerite LEBLANC-- Date: abt. 1801 Place:

Children of Anselme DOUCET and Marguerite LEBLANC:

Seraphie DOUCET (b.10 August 1808, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. Anselme BELLIVEAU 1828

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1781 Birth
16 May 1781
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1808 Birth of Child
Seraphie DOUCET was born 10 August 1808, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

Anselme was 27 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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)

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