John PROSSER

Born

6 August 1858 , Prosser Brook, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

17 April 1927 , Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada

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Solomon PROSSER Elizabeth GELDART

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Born: 6 August 1858 in Prosser Brook, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Solomon PROSSER

Mother: Elizabeth GELDART

Paternal grandparents: John PROSSER , Elizabeth LOUNSBURY

Maternal grandparents: John GELDART , Elizabeth LUTZ

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John married Martha Jane CLAIN 14 October 1881 in Kings, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha Jane CLAIN was born 4 April 1865 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. Martha Jane was the child of Joseph Spencer CLAIN and Susan Nice PATTERSON.

John PROSSER died 17 April 1927 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.
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John PROSSER married

Martha Jane CLAIN
Marriage date: 14 October 1881
Marriage place: Kings, New Brunswick, Canada
Martha Jane CLAIN was the child of Joseph Spencer CLAIN and Susan Nice PATTERSON

Children of John PROSSER and Martha Jane CLAIN

William Byron PROSSER

Born: 18 May 1898, Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 19 September 1961, Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA

Married: Nellie Beatrice HARMAN 15 February 1928 Place: Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA (Platts Mills)

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Birth — 1858
6 August 1858
Prosser Brook, New Brunswick, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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 Canada

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

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage / Partner
John PROSSER and Martha Jane CLAIN 14 October 1881, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.

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

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1898 Birth of Child
William Byron PROSSER was born 18 May 1898, Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

John was 39 years old.

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

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

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)

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.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada