Donald ROBERTSON

(b. September 18 1822 , Killin, Perthshire, Scotland d. August 10 1907 , Arnprior, Ontario, Canada )
Age: 85

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Donald ROBERTSON was born September 18 1822 in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland

Donald ROBERTSON was the child of ? and ?

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Donald married Ann Gordon TOUGH . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ann Gordon TOUGH was born February 06 1835 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ann Gordon died December 17 1911 in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada. Ann Gordon was the child of William TOUGH and Anne GORDON.

Donald ROBERTSON died August 10 1907 in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.
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Donald ROBERTSON married

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Ann Gordon TOUGH was the child of William TOUGH and Anne GORDON

Children of Donald ROBERTSON and Ann Gordon TOUGH:

John H. ROBERTSON (b.October 17 1876, McNab, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada d. December 4 1938, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada)
m. Bertha Jean ELLIOTT

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1822 Birth
September 18 1822
Killin, Perthshire, Scotland

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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

1876 Birth of Child
John H. ROBERTSON was born October 17 1876, McNab, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Donald was 54 years old.

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)

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

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.