William David Perrie HALLADAY
Born: 2 February 1886, Lifford, Ontario, Canada
Died: 5 October 1962, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died: 5 October 1962, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Married: Mary Hazel GEDDES 4 December 1920
James
HALLADAY
Born
1 December 1849
,
Canada West
Died
4 September 1906
,
Boscurvis, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Esther STAPLES
Marriage date: 12 February 1873
Marriage place: Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada
Esther STAPLES was the child of Thomas Long STAPLES and Elizabeth Syer MATCHETT
Esther STAPLESMarriage date: 12 February 1873
Marriage place: Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada
Esther STAPLES was the child of Thomas Long STAPLES and Elizabeth Syer MATCHETT
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Birth — 18491 December 1849
Canada West
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.
1873 Marriage / PartnerJames HALLADAY and Esther STAPLES 12 February 1873, Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada
He was 23 years old.
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)1886 Birth of ChildWilliam David Perrie HALLADAY was born 2 February 1886, Lifford, Ontario, Canada
James was 36 years old.
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
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 19064 September 1906
Boscurvis, Saskatchewan, Canada
He died at the age of 56.
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