Charles Edward JONES

Born

20 September 1844 , Cooks Cove, Guyborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

19 February 1934 , New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Thomas JONES Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS

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Born: 20 September 1844 in Cooks Cove, Guyborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Thomas JONES

Mother: Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS

Paternal grandparents: Thomas JONES , Mary HORTON

Maternal grandparents: William SPANKS , Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT

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Charles Edward married Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD 22 October 1864 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD was born 31 October 1843 in Salmon River, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Elizabeth died 16 April 1894 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Elizabeth was the child of Levin BEDFORD and Charlotte DELANEY.

Charles Edward JONES died 19 February 1934 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD
Marriage date: 22 October 1864
Marriage place: Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD was the child of Levin BEDFORD and Charlotte DELANEY

Children of Charles Edward JONES and Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD

Melvin Blair JONES

Born: 17 January 1876, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1946, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Hattie Geneva MAINS 6 February 1917 Place: Bath, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1844
20 September 1844
Cooks Cove, Guyborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage / Partner
Charles Edward JONES and Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD 22 October 1864, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Melvin Blair JONES was born 17 January 1876, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles Edward was 31 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD died 16 April 1894, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, 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)

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)

1917 Marriage of Child
Melvin Blair JONES married 6 February 1917, Bath, Maine, USA to Hattie Geneva MAINS

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