Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU

(b. 26 February 1832 , Napierville, Lower Canada d. 1 July 1897 , Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA )

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Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU was born 26 February 1832 in Napierville, Lower Canada

Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU was the child of ? and ?

Joseph Theophile was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1866.

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

Joseph Theophile married Flavie TREMBLAY 24 January 1860 in La Prairie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Flavie TREMBLAY was born 29 May 1836 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Flavie died 1 December 1920 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. Flavie was the child of Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY and Marie Apolline (Pauline) TREMBLAY.

Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU died 1 July 1897 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.

son of Joseph Bourdeau and Sophie Brodeur dite Lavigne

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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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Family and Children of Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU

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Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU married

Flavie TREMBLAY-- Date: 24 January 1860 Place: La Prairie, Canada East
Flavie TREMBLAY was the child of Toussaint-Vital TREMBLAY and Marie Apolline (Pauline) TREMBLAY

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Children of Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU and Flavie TREMBLAY:

Delphine BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1900, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)

Marie Elmire BOURDEAU (b.24 July 1862, Napierville, Canada East d. 24 June 1953, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)

Amanda BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Margaret (Marguerite) BOURDEAU (b.2 April 1866, Saranac, New York, USA d. 24 December 1908, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)

Sophia BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1868, Saranac, New York, USA d. 23 February 1877, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)

Joseph BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1871, Saranac, New York, USA d. 12 February 1877, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)

Victor BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1871, Saranac, New York, USA d. abt. 1962, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA)

Rosalie BOURDEAU (b.abt. 1874, Saranac, New York, USA d. , )
m. Henri ROYAL 4 January 1893 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Emeline BOURDEAU (b.7 May 1875, Saranac, New York, USA d. , )

Joseph Alfred BOURDEAU (b.7 May 1878, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 March 1952, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Anna Katherine HUGO 6 September 1908 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Grace BOURDEAU (b.15 January 1880, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 February 1974, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA)

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1832 Birth
26 February 1832
Napierville, 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)

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Theophile BOURDEAU and Flavie TREMBLAY 24 January 1860, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Marie Elmire BOURDEAU was born 24 July 1862, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Joseph Theophile was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Margaret (Marguerite) BOURDEAU was born 2 April 1866, Saranac, New York, USA (Redford)

Joseph Theophile was 34 years old.

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

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

1875 Birth of Child
Emeline BOURDEAU was born 7 May 1875, Saranac, New York, USA (Redford)

Joseph Theophile was 43 years old.

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

1877 Death of Child
Joseph BOURDEAU died 12 February 1877, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph Theophile was 44 years old.

1877 Death of Child
Sophia BOURDEAU died 23 February 1877, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph Theophile was 45 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Joseph Alfred BOURDEAU was born 7 May 1878, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph Theophile was 46 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Birth of Child
Grace BOURDEAU was born 15 January 1880, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph Theophile was 47 years old.

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

1893 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BOURDEAU married 4 January 1893, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA to Henri ROYAL

Death
name: Theophite Bourdeau
titles & terms:
event: Death
event date: 01 Jul 1897
event place: Williamstown, Massachusetts
residence: Williamstown, Ma.
street address:
gender: Male
age: 65
marital status: Married
occupation: Watchman
birth date:
birthplace: St. Jacques, Q.
estimated birth year: 1832
burial date:
burial place: Williamstown, Ma.
cemetery:
father: Joseph
father's titles & terms:
father's birthplace: Canada
mother: Sophie Brodeur
mother's titles & terms:
mother's birthplace: Canada
additional relatives:
spouse:
volume/ page/ certificate number: v 472 p 141
film number: 961521
frame number:
digital folder number: 4225016
image number: 122

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NW72-TM9 : accessed 09 Oct 2012), Theophite Bourdeau, 1897.