Andrew RATCHFORD

Born

October 1839 , Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

19 November 1909 , Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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John RATCHFORD Anne LIVINGSTON

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Born: October 1839 in Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: John RATCHFORD

Mother: Anne LIVINGSTON

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Andrew married Theresa LOCKMAN 15 August 1873 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theresa LOCKMAN was born 3 October 1853 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada. Theresa died 24 June 1937 in Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Theresa was the child of John LOCKMAN and Mary Redmond WALSH.

Andrew RATCHFORD died 19 November 1909 in Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Theresa LOCKMAN
Marriage date: 15 August 1873
Marriage place: Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Theresa LOCKMAN was the child of John LOCKMAN and Mary Redmond WALSH

Children of Andrew RATCHFORD and Theresa LOCKMAN

Guy Ignatius RATCHFORD

Born: 21 July 1893, New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 26 July 1974, Low Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1839
October 1839
Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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)

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Andrew RATCHFORD and Theresa LOCKMAN 15 August 1873, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 33 years old.

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

1893 Birth of Child
Guy Ignatius RATCHFORD was born 21 July 1893, New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrew was 53 years old.

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)