Elmer Charles BEATTIE

Born

27 May 1927 , North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Died

29 December 1980 , Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Age: 53
Cause of Death: Heart disease

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Adam Joseph BEATTIE Iris Celestine EDDY

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Born: 27 May 1927 in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Father: Adam Joseph BEATTIE

Mother: Iris Celestine EDDY

Paternal grandparents: Adam BEATTIE , Catherine COX

Maternal grandparents: Elmer Earl EDDY , Harriet "Hattie" MCGILLIS

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Elmer Charles married Joyce Blanche FRECHETTE 29 July 1951 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joyce Blanche FRECHETTE was born April 2, 1929 in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada.

Elmer Charles BEATTIE died 29 December 1980 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Elmer, also called Al, was a wanderer. He moved the family from North Bay in 1961 to Calgary where we lived in over 7 different homes until he moved the family again in a milk truck renovated with bunks to a lakeside camp ground in Kelowna for 6 months before moving into an old farm house. We kived there for 3 years before he moved most of the family to Prince George Where he was an addictions counsellor and then to Victoria, where he became ill.

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Recorded occupation: Counsellor

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Elmer Charles BEATTIE married

Joyce Blanche FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 29 July 1951
Marriage place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Birth — 1927
27 May 1927
North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1930 - August 7 - R. B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - October 23 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1936 - January 20 - Edward VIII becomes King of England

1936 - December 11 - George VI becomes King of England

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1948 - November 15 - Louis St. Laurent becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1951 Marriage / Partner
Elmer Charles BEATTIE and Joyce Blanche FRECHETTE 29 July 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1952 - February 6 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England

1957 - June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1963 - April 22 - Lester B. Pearson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1968 - April 20 - Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1979 - June 4 - Joe Clark becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death
Name: Elmer Charles Beattie
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1927
Death Age: 53
Death Date: 29 Dec 1980
Death Location: Victoria
Registration Number: 1980-09-019601
BCA Number: B13608
GSU Number: 2051484

Ancestry.com. British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
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