Dora NICHOLSON

Born

Died

27 June 1937 , Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dora married Daniel MACGILLIVRAY 7 November 1875 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Daniel MACGILLIVRAY was born 30 April 1851 in Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Daniel was the child of Daniel MACGILLIVRAY and Margaret CATHCART .

Parents & Family of Dora NICHOLSON

Parents of Dora NICHOLSON

Father

Neil Luke (Niall) NICHOLSON

Mother

Ann BROWN

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Dora NICHOLSON

Dora NICHOLSON married

Daniel MACGILLIVRAY
Marriage date: 7 November 1875
Marriage place: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Daniel MACGILLIVRAY was the child of Daniel MACGILLIVRAY and Margaret CATHCART

Children of Daniel MACGILLIVRAY and Dora NICHOLSON

Mary Ann MACGILLIVRAY

Born: 1 November 1880,
Died: 25 November 1884,

Blanche MACGILLIVARY

Born: 21 May 1895, Victoria Mines, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gustave Gordon LEBLANC

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Birth — 1861
March 1861
Nova Scotia, 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

1875 Marriage / Partner
Dora NICHOLSON and Daniel MACGILLIVRAY 7 November 1875, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 14 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 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Birth of Child
Blanche MACGILLIVARY was born 21 May 1895, Victoria Mines, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dora was 34 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)

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