James Patrick GILLISSIE
Born: June 9, 1872, South Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 2, 1925, Winchester, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 2, 1925, Winchester, Ontario, Canada
Married: Mary Ellen CASSIDY
Edward
GILLISSIE
Born
abt. 1839
,
Metcalfe, Upper Canada
Died
abt. 1885
,
Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada
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1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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 - 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.
1872 Birth of ChildJames Patrick GILLISSIE was born June 9, 1872, South Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1881 Death of Spouse/PartnerMargaret Elizabeth SWEENEY died January 21, 1881, Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada (Osgoode)
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