William Henry FENN

Born

8 November 1857 , Kinlet, Shropshire, England

Died

1 October 1932 , Ontario, Canada

William Henry married Leah HARRIS 25 December 1878 in Dudley, Worcester, England . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leah HARRIS was born 19 October 1861 in Kingswinford, Stafford, England. Leah died 11 March 1942 in Canada.

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William Henry FENN married

Leah HARRIS
Marriage date: 25 December 1878
Marriage place: Dudley, Worcester, England

Children of William Henry FENN and Leah HARRIS

Dorothy-Harris FINN

Born: 16 February 1893, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died: 17 December 1940, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Ernest Leroy MORELAND 30 May 1913 Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Birth — 1857
8 November 1857
Kinlet, Shropshire, England

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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 Marriage / Partner
William Henry FENN and Leah HARRIS 25 December 1878, Dudley, Worcester, England

He was 21 years old.

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)

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

1893 Birth of Child
Dorothy-Harris FINN was born 16 February 1893, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

William Henry was 35 years old.

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)

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)