Parkinson John SMITH

Born

10 April 1870 , Fenwick, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, USA

Died

28 August 1925 , Springhill, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, USA

Parents & Family of Parkinson John SMITH

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Born: 10 April 1870 in Fenwick, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, USA

Parents of Parkinson John SMITH

Father

John C SMITH

Mother

Hannah E RIPLEY

Grandparents of Parkinson John SMITH

Paternal grandparents

Thomas SMITH Rebecca RIPLEY

Maternal grandparents

Andrew C RIPLEY Eliza FENNER

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

Parkinson John married Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING 13 April 1907 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING was born 10 December 1881 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . Grace-Amelia died 18 December 1957 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Grace-Amelia was the child of Robert CLENDINNING and Susan ROSS.

Parkinson John SMITH died 28 August 1925 in Springhill, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, USA.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Parkinson John SMITH

Parkinson John SMITH married

Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING
Marriage date: 13 April 1907
Marriage place: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING was the child of Robert CLENDINNING and Susan ROSS

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St Paul's Methodist Church

Children of Parkinson John SMITH and Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING

Greta May SMITH

Born: 25 February 1921, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 6 June 2005, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Married: Seward Perley PATTERSON 9 August 1941

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Birth — 1870
10 April 1870
Fenwick, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, USA

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

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)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

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

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

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)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

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 Marriage / Partner
Parkinson John SMITH and Grace-Amelia CLENDINNING 13 April 1907, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 37 years old.

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 Birth of Child
Greta May SMITH was born 25 February 1921, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Parkinson John was 50 years old.

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

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

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States