Charles Alexander FRASER
Born: 27 July 1875, Leeds, Quebec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1933, Leeds, Quebec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1933, Leeds, Quebec, Canada
Married: Bertha May MCKEE
John William
FRASER
Born
13 October 1840
,
Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Canada
Died
11 March 1897
,
Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Canada
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Jane ALEXANDER
Marriage date: 3 May 1869
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Jane ALEXANDERMarriage date: 3 May 1869
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Birth — 184013 October 1840
Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 - 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 / PartnerJohn William FRASER and Jane ALEXANDER 3 May 1869, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
He was 28 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1875 Birth of ChildCharles Alexander FRASER was born 27 July 1875, Leeds, Quebec, Canada
John William was 34 years old.
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 189711 March 1897
Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 56.
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