George
BURNS
Born
22 April 1858
,
Québec Province, Canada
Died
24 February 1893
,
Québec, Québec, Canada
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Born: 22 April 1858 in Québec Province, Canada
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George married Elizabeth WILLIAMSON abt. 1882 in Québec, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth WILLIAMSON was born 14 March 1858 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Elizabeth died 9 May 1941 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
George BURNS died 24 February 1893 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of George BURNS
George BURNS married 
Elizabeth WILLIAMSON
Marriage date: abt. 1882
Marriage place: Québec, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Elizabeth WILLIAMSONMarriage date: abt. 1882
Marriage place: Québec, Québec, Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Birth — 185822 April 1858
Québec Province, 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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - 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 Birth of ChildBertha BURNS was born 23 March 1892, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
George was 33 years old.
1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 189324 February 1893
Québec, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 34.
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