Henry Warren BRIGGS

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16 March 1862 , Myrtle, Durham, Canada West

Died

9 November 1936 , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 16 March 1862 in Myrtle, Durham, Canada West

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Henry Warren married Laura Irene CAMPBELL 1 January 1895 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laura Irene CAMPBELL was born 1 September 1876 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Laura Irene died November 1951 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Laura Irene was the child of James Alexander CAMPBELL and Victoria Adelaide FERRIS.

Henry Warren BRIGGS died 9 November 1936 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Laura Irene CAMPBELL
Marriage date: 1 January 1895
Marriage place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Laura Irene CAMPBELL was the child of James Alexander CAMPBELL and Victoria Adelaide FERRIS

Children of Henry Warren BRIGGS and Laura Irene CAMPBELL

Velva Beryl Irene BRIGGS

Born: 23 October 1898, , Ontario, Canada
Died: 16 October 1997, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Brock Rankin KAISER (KING) November 1923 Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Birth — 1862
16 March 1862
Myrtle, Durham, Canada West

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)

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

1895 Marriage / Partner
Henry Warren BRIGGS and Laura Irene CAMPBELL 1 January 1895, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)

He was 32 years old.

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
Velva Beryl Irene BRIGGS was born 23 October 1898, , Ontario, Canada

Henry Warren was 36 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))

1923 Marriage of Child
Velva Beryl Irene BRIGGS married November 1923, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Brock Rankin KAISER (KING)

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