Bruno SALVAIL

(b. 4 September 1834 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 29 September 1922 , Saint-Martin-de-Martinville, Compton, Québec, Canada )

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Bruno SALVAIL was born 4 September 1834 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Bruno SALVAIL was the child of Benoni SALVAIL and Suzanne HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Antoine HUS COURNOYER and Veronique TESSIER

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

Bruno married Julie PELOQUIN 23 February 1857 in Sorel, Canada East . Julie PELOQUIN was born 31 May 1838 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Julie died 9 March 1867 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Julie was the child of Augustin PELOQUIN and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER.

Bruno married (2) Claire SALVAS 12 April 1869 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada . Claire SALVAS was born 21 August 1834 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Claire died 7 December 1908 in St-Martin, Martinville, Canada. Claire was the child of Jean-Baptiste SALVAS and Jeanne HOULE.

Bruno SALVAIL died 29 September 1922 in Saint-Martin-de-Martinville, Compton, 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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Julie PELOQUIN-- Date: 23 February 1857 Place: Sorel, Canada East

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Claire SALVAS-- Date: 12 April 1869 Place: Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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1834 Birth
4 September 1834
Sorel, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of 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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Bruno SALVAIL and Julie PELOQUIN 23 February 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julie PELOQUIN died 9 March 1867, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Bruno SALVAIL and Claire SALVAS 12 April 1869, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

He was 34 years old.

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 - 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)

1908 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claire SALVAS died 7 December 1908, St-Martin, Martinville, Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1922 Death
29 September 1922
Saint-Martin-de-Martinville, Compton, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 88.

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