Louisa GERVAIS

(b. abt. 1861 , Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Canada East d. 22 march 1933 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Louisa GERVAIS was born abt. 1861 in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Canada East

Louisa GERVAIS was the child of Moïse GERVAIS and Marie-Émilie-Aurélie CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COTE and Marie-Archange BOURBEAU

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

Louisa married François-Xavier SENÉ 15 December 1881 in Roxton Pond, Ste-Prudentienne, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Xavier SENÉ was born 5 december 1835 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. François-Xavier died 24 september 1914 in Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby).

Louisa GERVAIS died 22 march 1933 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, 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.

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Louisa GERVAIS married

François-Xavier SENÉ-- Date: 15 December 1881 Place: Roxton Pond, Ste-Prudentienne, Quebec, Canada

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Children of François-Xavier SENÉ and Louisa GERVAIS:

Mélina SENEZ (b.18 april 1902, d. 27 august 1968, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Rosario LEDUC 1928

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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)

1881 Marriage / Partner
Louisa GERVAIS and François-Xavier SENÉ 15 December 1881, Roxton Pond, Ste-Prudentienne, Quebec, Canada

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)